How to Shutdown Restart and or Log Off in a Bat File
Jinku Hu
Feb 02, 2024
shutdown command is used to shut down, restart or log off the computer.
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Shut down the PC
shutdown -s -
Restart the PC
shutdown -r -
Log off the PC
shutdown -l
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Hibernate the PC
shutdown -h
shutdown Command Options
| options | Description |
|---|---|
/i |
Display the GUI (must be the first option) |
/l |
Log off |
/s |
Shutdown |
/sg |
Shutdown and on the next boot restart any registered applications. |
/r |
Restart |
/g |
Restart, after restarting restart any registered applications. |
/a |
Abort a system shutdown during the time-out period. |
/p |
Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning |
/h |
Hibernate |
/e |
Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer. |
/hybrid |
Perform a shutdown of the computer and prepare it for fast startup. Windows 8+ Must be used with /s (shutdown) option. |
/f |
Force running applications to close. |
/soft |
Perform a soft shutdown/restart/logoff. Windows 10 This will ask programs to close and wait for them to end. |
/fw |
Combine with a shutdown option to cause the next boot to go to the firmware user interface. Windows 10 |
/o |
Go to the advanced boot options menu and restart the computer. Must be used with /r option. Windows 8+ |
/t <second> |
Time until system shutdown in seconds. |
/c <message> |
Shutdown message that appears on screen before the shutdown |
/y |
Force a yes answer to all shutdown queries. |
Author: Jinku Hu
Founder of DelftStack.com. Jinku has worked in the robotics and automotive industries for over 8 years. He sharpened his coding skills when he needed to do the automatic testing, data collection from remote servers and report creation from the endurance test. He is from an electrical/electronics engineering background but has expanded his interest to embedded electronics, embedded programming and front-/back-end programming.
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