Shutting down Windows 7 automatically 10 minutes from now

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Is there a way to make Windows 7 do this: "10 minutes from now, close all applications and shut down (or hibernate), no matter what input you get from the keyboard or the mouse"? It's OK if the user can revert the shutdown order during the 10 minute period, but once the shutdown begins there should be no turning back.

score 22 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 02 '11 at 11:50

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The shutdown command line command is what you're after, with /t 600 you'll get a 600 second (10 minute) delay other options define the shutdown process. In your case I suspect you'll want shutdown /t 600 /s.

answered Apr 02 '11 at 11:50

Cry Havok

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some apps MIGHT stop shutdown. notepad comes to mind. – Journeyman Geek Apr 02 '11 at 14:17
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@The Geek: It's not Notepad itself but the "Do you want to save?" dialog box. This is, AFAIK, common to all programs and does make sense. However, 1) IIRC, Windows 7 does not allow programs to stop shutdowns like that anymore; 2) `shutdown /f` – u1686_grawity Apr 02 '11 at 17:06
chrome browser can as well I believe – Alexey Shevelyov Feb 18 '19 at 09:46
is there a reason you are using /t instead of -t ? – Enrico Apr 12 '21 at 16:03

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 02 '11 at 14:15

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As Havok stated, you can just use the Shutdown switch from command prompt. See options below. enter image description here

Run from cmd.exe or just put into a .bat script as below (and you could just add this .bat to Windows scheduler if you wanted to schedule) - remove the "pause" if you want it to run straight away:

@cd /
@cls
@echo #Shutdown 10min script#
@pause
@shutdown /t 600 /s

edited Apr 02 '11 at 14:15

Journeyman Geek

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answered Apr 02 '11 at 13:35

James

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you can use command > foo.txt to direct output to a text file for easy and pasting – Journeyman Geek Apr 02 '11 at 14:16
Agreed, but for some reason came out garbled hence pic ;-) – James Apr 02 '11 at 14:22
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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 02 '11 at 13:44

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There are a number of automatical shutdown programs on the net. You can use one of them; for example: Sweet Dreams.

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answered Apr 02 '11 at 13:44

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 18 '16 at 20:46

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This can be done by following the simple steps below:

Go to run (Win + r)
Type shutdown -s -t 600 and hit enter

The computer will shut down in exactly 10 minutes (600 seconds).

answered Jul 18 '16 at 20:46

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Mar 30 '16 at 07:04

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The first response was adequate. Press Win+r and then type shutdown /t "desired duration" /s in the field. Replace "desired duration" with the amount of seconds you wish your PC to turn off and press Enter.

edited Mar 30 '16 at 07:04

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answered Mar 30 '16 at 02:55

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score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Jul 18 '16 at 20:26

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I made a script for myself to shutdown the computer after a time interval that I set. this is the code:

:shutdown_sequence
set /p TM="Enter a time to shut down:"
set /a TM1=TM*60
echo I will shutdown the computer in %TM% minutes and in seconds: %TM1% 
shutdown -s -f -t %TM1%
pause
exit
goto:eof

edited Jul 18 '16 at 20:26

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answered Jul 18 '16 at 19:57

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Can you explain how the OP would execute this code? – Burgi Jul 18 '16 at 22:49
Why do you have a useless `goto:eof` at the end of your batch file? – DavidPostill Jul 19 '16 at 00:45

Shutting down Windows 7 automatically 10 minutes from now

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