Auto Shutdown By Setting Timer On Your Windows

Auto Shutdown

Now You Know - Have you ever left your computer on because you had something going in the background? These are the situations where most of us have to leave the system on, like when we download Windows updates or download a movie. Well it would waste of electricity and resources to say the least. Actually, we can set up an automatic shutdown timer to save electricity and this will also cool down your system till the next time you turn it on.

What Is Shutdown Timer?

Shutdown Timer is a feature that allows you to schedule the shutdown. This means that shutdown can be carried out at any scheduled time in future. This timer can be enabled in 4 different ways.

Some other codes you might find handy:

-l tells Windows to log you out.

-s tells Windows to shutdown; if you omit this and -r, you’ll be logged off instead.

-r tells Windows to restart your computer.

-t specifies the time delay before shutting down, measured in seconds.

-f forces any running applications to close without prompting.

-a aborts the shutdown command; this can only be used after triggering a scheduled shutdown.

-c “message” displays the quoted message in the shutdown window (there’s usually a warning before shutdown).

Some other examples:

shutdown -r -t 7200(restarts after 2 hours)

shutdown -l -t 0(logs off immediately)

shutdown -a(aborts the scheduled shutdown)

shutdown -s -f -t 86400 -c “Scheduled Shutdown”

(shuts down in 24 hours, forces all programs to close and displays the message “Scheduled Shutdown”)

1. Set Up an Auto Shutdown Timer via Run

Step 1: Go to Start Menu and type ‘Run’ or press ‘Windows + R’.

Step 2: In Run, type ‘shutdown –s –t number’.

Note: Here number represents the value of time in seconds. For example, if you want your PC to automatically shut down in 10 minutes, the command to be entered is shutdown –s –t 600.

Step 3: Tap OK.

2. Set Up an Auto Shutdown Timer via Command Prompt

Step 1: Go to Start menu and type ‘CMD’.

Step 2: In Command Prompt (CMD), type ‘shutdown –s –t number’.

Step 3: Press Enter.

3. Set Up an Auto Shutdown Timer in Windows PowerShell

Step 1: In Start menu, type and search Windows PowerShell.

Step 2: Open Windows PowerShell.

Step 3: In PowerShell, type ‘shutdown –s –t number’.

Step 4: Press Enter.

4. Make a Basic Task Named Shutdown

Step 1: Go to Start menu, type and search Task Scheduler.

Step 2: Open Task Scheduler.

Step 3: Now on the right side, click on ‘Create Basic Task’.

Step 4: In the task name box, type Shutdown and click Next.

Step 5: Now select when you want the task to start, the list includes, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, One time, When the computer starts, When I log on, and When a specific event is logged and then press Next.

Step 6: Now, set the start date and time of the task and click Next.

Step 7: After this, choose the action you want the task to perform and click Next.

Step 8: Now a window will open, tap the browse button, go to Disk C/Windows/System32 and select the .exe file created as Shutdown, and click Open.

Step 9: Now in an argument box, type -s as the argument and hit Next.

Step 10: After performing all the above steps, click Finish to create the task and implement it.