task scheduler for shut down?

[TimDgsr]

can you use task scheduler to shut a computer down? I found an article on how to make it reboot, but I haven't tried it out yet. just curious if anyone knows off hand

[macklin01]

Which OS? If it's NT-based use the shutdown command; create a bat file with the arguments you want and schedule the bat file.

Otherwise, you might lookhere:

http://www.budja.com/shutdown/

I use that one with MBM5. -- Paul

[DDR-PIII]

if u wanna do it with the task thing just do click the browse button once you inthere and it asks which program you want to use, then goto C:\windows\system32\ and add shutdown.exe and click next then set the time you want to shut down at oh it'll ask you if u wanna do it daily weekly,monthly,,,,etc...

[TimDgsr]

Originally posted by DDR-PIII
if u wanna do it with the task thing just do click the browse button once you inthere and it asks which program you want to use, then goto C:\windows\system32\ and add shutdown.exe and click next then set the time you want to shut down at oh it'll ask you if u wanna do it daily weekly,monthly,,,,etc...

thanks, thats what i was looking for. for some reason i was thinking it was shutdownnt.exe and search wasn't finding it.

[TimDgsr]

well, shutdown.exe is a command line executable with switches.

so in the task scheduler line, you really have to type C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -f

the -s is to shutdown

the -f is to force running apps to close

not really sure if the -f is necessary, but i added it in to be sure.

thanks for the help :D