Windows XP Restart

[Aaron]

Earlier, a member in this forum asked if he could use shutdown.exe instead to restart the computer. I told him that he couldn't because it isn't a command that exists in Windows.

I was wrong!

It exists on Windows XP, and I stupidly tried it on Windows 2000 just to verify it exists. d'oh! Anyway, you can get a full list of commands to use by typing shutdown /? in Command prompt. The only switches you will probably only need to use is:

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60

-r = Reboot

-f = Force Applications to terminate

-t 60 = timer of 60 seconds before rebooting/shutdown, the numbers can be edited to your preference.

Anybody willing to test this on a system without a Network card, or a system with no network card drivers installed? The reason I ask is because PsShutdown is non-functional on a system without a NIC or NIC drivers.

[DaveXP]

AaronXP i have a litte app which can shutdown the computer with or without a network card it lets you set the time to shutdown and also lets you put a message in to it and also it can be stop.

Have a look that this.

Download

If you can work this is may be more helpful.

[mortis42]

I have a questions about using the -f and -t switches together.

Does this force applications to terminate immediatly, or at the end of the timer? Or does it activate the switch in order they are typed?

Would "shutdown.exe -t 60 -f" wait 60 seconds then force app terminate?

Would "shutdown.exe -f -t 60" force apps to terminnate then shutdown in 60 seconds?

Doesn't using the -f switch defeate the purpose of waiting a minute to let the installs finish updating shortcuts, ect.?

[DaveXP]

shutdown.exe -r -f -t 60 this will shutdown the computer and restart it after 60 all programs are shutdown after the timer is finshed counting down.

[devil270975]

Aarron: thanks for the mention and you dont need to put .exe after shutdown nor do you need to use the -f switch, and i am so glad i proved everyone wrong...lol...

[devil270975]

Oh yeah i forgot, no you do not need a network card or anything else....

so no need to download psshutdown anymore just do it from the command line

Lee

[devil270975]

Another thing you, if you would like to stop the reboot is use another cmd script with just this line SHUTDOWN -a and copy it to the desktop and if you want to cancel the reboot just click on this when the counter has stopped, in other words SHUTDOWN -a cancels out SHUTDOWN -r -t 60 once it has started

[DaveXP]

yer we no you can use that command to stop the RPC flaw in windows shutdown.exe -a =abort

[devil270975]

Did you also know then that you can add the -c switch at the end to add a comment/message?

SHUTDOWN -r -t 120 -c "Restarting computer in 2 minutes"

[devil270975]

This is the official xp site for it, it has all the switches, and believe me there are a few

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/home/us...en/shutdown.asp

Lee

[darkkavenger]

It sounds like the good'ole UNIX shutdown ;-)

[bisco2k]

LMAO ive known those commands for a while now, sorry lads if i would have known i would have posted

this before for the unattended xp setup, been using them from day 1

[Aaron]

For someone who asked about the -f switch in conjunction with the timer, it terminates applications when the timer reaches zero, no matter which order the switches are in.

[jquintino]

works i simple use SHUTDOWN -r

and restart my machine in 30secs

great more space in the disk to put more things

if you want to now all comamds go to the help of xp and type shutdown

[danielvh]

So how exactly do you integrate this into the batch file?

Just copy

SHUTDOWN -r -t 60 -c "Restarting computer in 1 minute"

to end of batch file?

Before "EXIT"?

Any ECHO's needed before or after?

(Yes I know im a n00b )

Thanks

Daniel