Cmd or script to close programs + shutdown

[tal ormanda]

If I wanted to leave my computer on for a few hours then have it close all its programs and shutdown how would I do so?

EDIT: Possible to have it do all this after a certain amount of time?

Edited October 30, 2009 by tal ormanda

[ricktendo]

If you use XP there is a program called PowerOff that is really good for this...I suggest you also use a program called process.exe (also works on Vista) to close the program instead of killing it with tskill or taskkill

If you have Vista or Windows 7 you dont need poweroff you can use the task sheduler to create a task to close a program (using process.exe) the shutting down your PC (using shutdown.exe thats comes with windows) at a certain time of day

Here is what I how I use the task sheduler to shurt down my PC at a certain time of day

Edited October 30, 2009 by ricktendo64

[Yzöwl]

Will this not do!

SHUTDOWN /S /T 3600

Where 3600 is the timeout period in seconds (1 hour).

[tal ormanda]

When you issue the shutdown command, will it kill all processes?

[Yzöwl]

Ordinarily yes.

[uid0]

If there is a process that you need to finish before the shutdown, dshutdown has lots of options:

http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/

[ricktendo]

Dont kill the program, process -q is equivalent to hitting the close button