Thread: [How-To] Shutdown your PC after X Minutes - Without any Tools/Bloatware

Hi T-I-Members,

I would like to share a trick which I figured out few years ago in a pc-mag.
The main advantages are that you won't need any boatware or external tools and you can even do it with your PC, or with the PCs of Others... :laugh:

How to shutdown your PC after X minutes

1. Click somewhere on your Desktop with the right-button of your mouse.

2. Look for 'New..' and click on 'Shortcut'.

3. A Windows will popup and which will ask you to enter the destination of your file.

4. Press the search button (next to the white input bar) and enter

C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe

and click on 'next'.

5. Give your Shortcut a name, like Shutdown01 or whatever you like and press 'Done'.

6. Now you will see a pre-named file on your desktop.

7. Choose the File by clicking your right mouse button and go now to the last item of the context-menu called 'Properties'. Click on it.

There should be two points, one called 'shortcut' and another called 'target'. Just check the target-bar there should be now this:

C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe

8. Now you have to add this at the end of the target-bar:

-s -f -t 60

Just copy N'paste this, because there is always a space between every value.

What do this values mean ?

-s = Command to shutdown Windows
-f = Command to shutdown all active/open windows
-t = define the countdown time in seconds, after the shortcut is clicked.



So,the value 60 means 1min-Shutdowntime, 600 means 10mins, 3600 means 1 hour and so on.
You can choose the value which you like.

Just Double-Click your shortcut and a nice windows built-in timer will popup and do the rest for you.
Done.


Hope you like this Tutorial.

Greetings,
heloxblue