Windows+Program,+when+to+shut+down

Windows Program, when to shut down

Would you like to shut down windows even when you are not there?

Or at a certain time, Month, etc?

Well you can and it is not rocket science.

The one prerogative is that you must be the Administrator

Go to :- Start > Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks

Add Scheduled Task Now the Scheduled Task Wizard will appear Next Select Browse

In the Select Program to Schedule dialog box Type:- "%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\shutdown.exe" (without the quotes) and press Open. Give a Name to the task Shutdown Choose when to perform the task: Either:-


 * Daily
 * Weekly
 * Monthly
 * One time only

The following screen may ask for more information about when to schedule the task, For example:- the time, start date for the task, what days to schedule the task, etc.

You will then be prompted, enter the username and password (if applicable) of the administrator of the machine. Click Next. Place a Tick/Check Open advanced properties for this task when I click Finish. Select Finish.

Next to Run, add a space, a hyphen and an s, so the command looks similar to the following :-

C:\WINDOWS\System32\shutdown.exe -s

Select OK to re-save the task.

NOTE:- If you get the error message "0x8007005: Access is Denied", you will need to visit the [|__Microsoft Knowledge Base Article__]

If this STILL doesn't solve your problem, particularly if you are:

Access the scheduled task properties page. (Right-click on the task from the Scheduled Tasks Control Panel).

Click the Task tab and check Run only if logged on and press OK.

Now, you must be logged on your system for the task to run, but if you are the only user of the current machine, this should always be the case. 