| Hack: | Automating Shutdown | |
| Subject: | Sounds Good, but didn't work properly. | |
| Date: | 2005-04-23 06:15:16 | |
| From: | JGTOReilly | |
| My sysetem's OS is Windows XP Pro. This hack was exactly what I was looking for and it sounded logical. I set it up per the directions, but it didn't work. All it does when I try to run the BAT is flash a DOS screen on up so fast I can't even tell if it says anything. Is something missing in the directions? I have created a BAT file called PowerDown.BAT. The file contains one line with the word "shutdown-s" (no quotes). Shouldn't there be a comand before the action? Thanks | ||
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Sounds Good, but didn't work properly.
2006-05-15 17:27:58 viberg220 [Reply | View]
you need to have a space between shutdown and -s
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OS: XP Pro Update
2005-04-23 06:51:10 JGTOReilly [Reply | View]
I should have investigated this Hack a little more thoroughly, before my last post. The BAT file line should read "shutdown.exe -s" (with no quotes), for the hack to run properly in an XP Pro environment. Everything else is as the original author states. Follow his directions and use “shutdown.exe -s" (with no quotes) in place of his suggestion for the BAT file line and you should have a BAT file that you can have your Task Scheduler run it at your specified time. Hope this hack helps more. I used this Hack to shutdown my computer at a specific time and it worked flawlessly in my XP Pro environment. I didn’t test it in any other OS’s. Be sure to turn off the scheduled task when you don’t what it to function.
Slick no frills easy logical hack!
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