Using Task Scheduler to schedule the computer to shut down and restart at a
specific time
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Click Start, Run and type control schedtasks
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Double-click Add Scheduled Task. The Scheduled Task Wizard starts.
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Click Next.
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Under Click the program you
want Windows to run, click Browse.
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In the Select Program to
Schedule dialog box, locate the %SystemRoot%\System32 folder, locate
and click the Shutdown.exe file, and then click Open.
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Under Perform this task,
specify a name for the task and how frequently you want this task to run,
and then click Next.
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Under Select the time and day
you want this task to start, specify a start time and date for the task, and
then click Next.
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Type the user name and
password to run this task under, and then click Next.
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Click to select the Open
advanced properties for this task when I click Finish check box, and then
click Finish.
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Click the Task tab. In the Run
box, specify any additional parameters that you want to use with
Shutdown.exe. Click OK.
Important: In the 10th step, you need to add the parameters for the Shutdown.exe command. To immediately shutdown the system (0 second timeout), the
command-line would be:
shutdown.exe
-s -t 00
To reboot the system
immediately, this command:
shutdown.exe
-r -t 00
For additional help, type Shutdown
/? at the Command Prompt. Scheduling the Shutdown.exe without any parameters
will not help. It will just execute with a exit code 0 (success)