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Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:29 AM

Shutting Down the Computer

You’ll come to grief with this one, I promise!

Let’s face it: we are going to write AND TEST a DOS Batch file whose purpose is to shut down the computer.

Of course, Windows is supposed to prompt you to save files during the process, but you know it won’t, or that “Accidents will happen”, so, before proceding further, save all your work and, if thought appropriate, shut down any running applications.

Let’s start our tests in a safe manner.

You’ll find a copy of ShutDown.exe in your Windows/System32 folder:

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That means it will execute when you type its name on the command line.

Use Shutdown.exe /? to read a help screen.

Title %0 - Shut down the computer system
ShutDown.exe -s -f -t 00
REM END

Here’s a little DOS Batch file that will do the trick.

You may want to consider removing the “-f” switch. I like to live dangerously .....

Review For Local Systems

Toronto and Mississauga, Friday, December 03, 2010 8:29 AM