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Microsoft DOS shutdown command

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Availability
Syntax
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Additional information

About shutdown

Enables a user to shutdown a Windows XP computer from the command line as well as perform additional features that are not available through Windows.

Availability

The shutdown.exe command is an external command available in the below Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Windows XP

 

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MS-DOS

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Syntax

Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \\computername] [-t xx] [-c "comment"] [-d up:xx:yy]

No args Display this message (same as -?)
-i Display GUI interface, must be the first option
-l Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
-s Shutdown the computer
-r Shutdown and restart the computer
-a Abort a system shutdown
-m \\computername Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
-c "comment" Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
-f Forces running applications to close without warning
-d [u] [p]:xx:yy The reason code for the shutdown
u is the user code
p is a planned shutdown code
xx is the major reason code (positive integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason code (positive integer less than 65536)

Examples

shutdown -r -c "Rebooting for latest updates."

This would display a Windows System Shutdown window for 30 seconds, warning the user that the computer is going to shutdown and then restart the computer.

shutdown -i

Ran from either the command line or from the Windows run line this option would open the remote shutdown dialog Window. See document CH001052 for additional information and an example of this window.

Additional information

  • If you are running Microsoft Windows 95, 98, NT, or 2000 and/or you wish to find out other methods of restarting or shutting down your computer from the command prompt, please see document CH000321.
  • See document CH001052 for additional information about remotely shutting down a computer in Windows.

 

 

 

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