We are going to share a very interesting trick on How to set a Shutdown timer on windows. Go through the full post to know much more about it. But as soon as you click on shutdown button in windows it instantly shutdowns, but what if you want to shut it down after a particular time which is set by you, Yes it is possible you can do this with a simple notepad trick.
Windows in one of the conventional operating systems because of the lots of the features that it avails to its user. Today we will be presenting one of them. You all shutdown computer after you completed your work.
So we are here with a process to Create A Shortcut To Shutdown Computer After A Specified Time Period. You just have to follow some of the uncomplicated steps that I have discussed in below area.
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How to Set a Shutdown Timer On Windows
This method will generate a shortcut on your desktop and time of shutdown will be set by you and when you click on it the countdown will automatically start and your Pc will get shut down after a specific time. The method will be effective when you are downloading something that takes excess time and in that case, you can set a timer for a shutdown. Just follow up the below steps to proceed.
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- First of all, click on start and type notepad and press enter. Now notepad will open, just copy the below code and paste it into your notepad.
shutdown -s -t 60
2. In the above code 60 represent the time period in seconds after which PC will shutdown, you can change this also as specifying 60 will shutdown computer after 60 seconds that is 1 minute and if you want to shutdown it after 2 hours then you will write shutdown -s -t 7200.
3. Now save this file in desktop as Techviral shutdown.bat you can give any name to file but .bat after the file name is the must.
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4. Now you will see a batch file on your desktop, now when you click on the file your computer will get shut down after a specified time.
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Using Switch Off
Switch Off is a lightweight easy-to-use tray-based system utility that could automatically shutdown, suspend or hibernate your system. This could cut your electricity bills and save the Environment by lowering your PC power consumption. It could also disconnect dial-up and VPN connections to cut your internet service bills as well.
Step 1. First of all, you need to download and install Switch off on your Windows computer and run the application.
Step 2. Now you need to click on the system’s notification tray on the taskbar and there you need to right-click on the Switch off the application and choose “Option”. There set everything according to your wish.
Using Switch Off
Step 3. Now you need to double click on Switch off application. There under “Select Schedule” you need to choose the option “Countdown” and enter the time period.
Using Switch Off
Step 4. Now under the option “Select Task” you need to choose the option “Shutdown”. You can choose any other options according to your wish.
Using Switch Off
Step 5. After you have done setting up the task, you need to click on “Enable task”
Using Switch Off
That’s it! Now you will see your computer will begin the countdown and will be shut down at the given time.
So foregoing is the method for How to Set a Shutdown Timer On Windows. By this method, you can have joy with your friends by running this batch file on their computers and additionally, you can schedule any work and then shutdown time of your PC to save battery life of your computer. Hope you like the discussion, don’t forget to share it with your friends and leave a comment below if you need our help at any step.
