Shutdown Shortcuts
Here's a pretty simple way to make either shut your PC down or reboot with a single click of the mouse.
- Find an area you want to make a shortcut
- Right click and select New > Shortcut
- Enter in one of the below options, name it, and click Okay.
Shutdown:
The command would be "shutdown -s -t 00"
Restart:
The command would be "shutdown -r -t 00"
Other Options:
From DOS help for shutdown.exe:
Usage: shutdown.exe [ -i | -l | -s | -r | -a ] [ -f ] [-m \\computername] [ -t xx ] [ -c "comment" ] [ -d up:xx:yy ]
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No args
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Display this message (same as "-?")
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-i
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Display GUI interface, must be the first option
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-l
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Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
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-s
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Shutdown the computer
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-r
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Shutdown and restart the computer
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-a
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Abort a system shutdown
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-m \\computername
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Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
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-t xx
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Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
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-c "comment"
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Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
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-f
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Forces running applications to close without warning
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-d [u][p]:xx:yy
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The reason code for the shutdown
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"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)
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To see these for yourself, press the Start button and then Run, type "cmd" (without the quotes), press enter, and then type "shutdown.exe" (without the quotes) and press enter.
OS: XP > Tips / Tweaks
Date: 09/25/05
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