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How to Set a Timer for Automatic Shutdown

Setting up a timer for automatic shutdown is no big deal, in fact many people would already know about

it, but if you don’t, read on. 

There is no software to install and no tweaks to be made. An automatic shutdown is inbuilt into Windowsand ready to be explored. Let’s check out how we can set a timer for automatic shutdown.  

1.  Right click on the desktop. Select New → Shortcut.

2.  A New Shortcut dialog box will appear.

3.  In the location box, this is how you will enter the details: shutdown.exe is for calling the shutdown

executable.–s is the command for shutdown. –f is for performing a forced shutdown. If an application

stops responding when shutting down, this command will force shut it. Using this command is not

compulsory, but recommended. And next, the –t command is for specifying the time the shutdown

will take place. After you put the –t

command give a space and then enterthe time in seconds. So in the above

example, the computer will be shut

down in 6 hours. Let’s put the whole

command in one

line:shutdown.exe -s -f -t

seconds

4.  Click next and the shortcut will be

created on the desktop. Give it a name

and click it whenever you wish to

initiate an automatic shutdown. If you

want to change the time, right click on

the shortcut, select properties and

change the time from the dialog that

opens.

Tip: This command can also be initiated from the Run box or CMD.

Tip 2: If you want to display a message that displays when the countdown is in progress, you can append

a –ccommand with a message attached. Like this:

-c “Computer is shutting down”  

Tip 3: If you want to restart the computer instead of shutting it down, replace the –s with –r. Similarly, if 

you’d like to logoff, replace –s with –l.

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How to abort Shutdown

If you just woke up from sleep and feel like working on your laptop a bit more, there is no easy way you

can abort the shutdown. The cross on the top will not work and you won’t be able to kill the process fromtask manager. But still there’s a way to stop the timer and stopping the bomb before it blasts.

1.  Click the WinKey + R 

2.  The run dialog box will appear. Type shutdown.exe –a 

3.  A stands for abort. The shutdown timer will vanish.