Shutdown your PC automatically at specific time

Different softwares are available to shutdown your PC automatically in a preset time. But You can also shutdown your PC without any software. Read the below methods to know how to shutdown your PC automatically in a preset time.



Shutdown by using Run command: (Easier than other methods)

RUN command to Shutdown

Below I have explained to shutdown PC at 10:10am. You can specify your own time.

• Open the Run command (Win key + R).
• Type " at 10:10 shutdown -s "
• Then click OK.
• You are done. Your Pc will shutdown at 10:10am.

To abort Shut down:

• Open the Run command (Win key + R).
• Type " shutdown -a "

RUN command to abort shutdown

• Now you have aborted shuttingdown.

Shutdown your PC by creating shortcut at specific time:

• Right click on your desktop and then choose NEW>SHORTCUT.
• "Create Shortcut" window opens. In that windows type " shutdown -s -t 60 " in the box saying "Type the location of the item:"

create Shortcut window

• Then you will be asked enter the name of the shortcut. Enter name as 'Shutdown' then click finish.

Naming the Shortcut

• Done. Shutdown shortcut will be created in your desktop after the above step.

Note:

• In that code (shutdown -s -t 60)  '60' represents the seconds after which your PC shutdown. You can change it to your own time.
• Whenever you want your PC to shutdown after 60seconds double click the shortcut. After opening the shortcut below window opens and your PC will shutdown after 1 minute.

Changing the icon of the shortcut:

You can change the icon of the shortcut by right clicking the shortcut then choose
Properties > Change icon > browse and select the icon you want.

To change icon

Select icon

>>>>>>>>>>









To create abort the shutdown shortcut:

• Create another shortcut and in the " Type the location of the item: " box, type " shutdown -a ".

To abort Shutdown

• Then you will be asked enter the name of the shortcut. Enter name as 'Shutdown Abort'.
• Then click Finish to create 'Shutdown abort' shortcut.
• Whenever you want to abort shutdown double click the 'Shutdown abort' shortcut.

• The below notification appears.
• That's it.

To display comment: 

• If you want to display some comment during shutdown then type the below code in the "type the location of the item" box.
•  shutdown -s -t 60 -c "You better finish soon"

That's all.

With Thanks and regards,