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Shutdown via cmd: The most important commands

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You want to drive your Computer using the command prompt (cmd) down, you need to ensure the correct Shutdown commands. We will show you in this practice tip, what commands there are.

Windows: the commands for the Shutdown via cmd

For a Shutdown command, you can start the command prompt in normal mode. Start the command prompt as an Administrator, it works as well.

  • shutdown: The PC will shut down immediately.
  • shutdown –s –t 60: PC in 60 seconds.
  • shutdown –r: The PC is restarted.
  • shutdown –a: The shutdown is aborted.
  • shutdown –i: of The Remote PC is shut down.
  • shutdown –s: of The local PC will shut down.
  • shutdown –l: The current user is logged off.
  • shutdown –f: Running applications are forced to Close.
  • shutdown -c "comment": It is additionally noted a comment.
Shutdown command via cmd

In the next practical tip we will show you the most important CMD commands in the Overview.

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