How to remove the automatic shutdown of a windows 10 computer. How to set up a computer shutdown? Automatic shutdown of the computer using third-party applications
Since the end of July this year, a huge number of PC users have switched to the Windows 10 operating system. The new product from the multinational company not only has a number of advantages over previous versions, but also received significant changes in the interface, which may cause some problems at the first stage of acquaintance with the platform. difficulties for happy owners.
One of the questions that PC users have after updating the system is how to properly shut down the computer.
Shutdown methods
There are several options for shutting down a computer on Windows 10 that allow you to gracefully shut down the operating system, thereby reducing the likelihood of individual programs and the entire platform being disabled.
Important! If the PC is turned off incorrectly, the files of programs and processes running in the background or in normal mode are damaged.
Let's look at three common ways to turn off a computer on Windows 10.
Using the start menu
The most popular way to gracefully shut down your computer is to use the Start menu. In order to shut down the operating system in this way, you must:
Depending on the PC settings and platform, the computer may shut down from a few seconds to several minutes.
Keyboard shortcut Alt+F4
A more advanced way to shut down the computer is to use the Alt and F4 keys. For this you need:
When the screen is locked
Let's consider how to turn off the computer when the screen is locked before logging in:
Shutdown modes
In addition to the standard shutdown of the operating system, there are several more ways in which you can temporarily stop the computer:
- sleep mode (sleep mode) - reduces energy consumption and allows you to quickly resume work at the first request of the user;
- hibernation mode, unlike sleep mode, cuts off power to the hardware. A feature of hibernation is the saving of data in the computer's RAM to the hard drive. When you resume work, the data is restored, which allows you to start working from the same place.
Advice! In Windows 10, it is possible to change the behavior of the computer when you press the power button and thus put it into sleep mode, hibernation mode, or completely disable the button.
You can turn off the computer, among other things, by holding down the power button on the system unit or laptop for a few seconds, but keep in mind that this method is unsafe and can damage system files. It can be used only in extreme cases, when the system is completely frozen, and there is no way to restart the PC in other ways.
Conclusion
Now, when working with the new Windows 10 platform, you know what to do to shut down your computer gracefully without damaging files. Follow the rules and tips outlined to reduce the chance of problems. Also, do not force shutdown the computer when installing updates, this can damage the operating system.
In addition to the usual shutdown of a Windows 10 computer, you can always set a timer. For example, when leaving home for urgent business, you want to download a movie to watch as soon as you return home. Suppose this is a documentary film posted in the public domain (so that no one is condemned for piracy). You need to run away in 5 minutes, and the movie needs another hour to download. The solution is to set a timer so that the computer automatically turns off after 80 minutes (with a margin).
How to teach a PC to turn itself off
Windows, even XP, even 10, has built-in tools to automatically turn off the computer. Alternatively, you can install a third party program. It makes no sense to describe each in detail, they all have a clear interface and successfully cope with their task. Here is a list of the most popular such applications:
- SM Timer
- power off
- Auto power off
- Airytec Switch Off
- sleep timer
Here, for example, is the SM Timer mini-program window:
How to set a timer with her, a preschooler will figure it out.
Standard OS Tools
But why clutter up an operating system when there are built-in features? And Windows XP, and Vista, and 7, 8, 10 allow you to set the timer exactly the same way through the Run line. Just hold down the Win key (with the Windows icon) and “R” at the same time. A window will open in which enter the following formula:
shutdown -s -t 1800
The number at the end is the number of seconds after which the timer will automatically turn off the computer. The example says 1800 seconds, which is 30 minutes. A command like shutdown -s -t 1800 -f will force all programs to close when the computer is turned off. Starting the window again and typing shutdown -a will cancel the set timer.
In Windows XP, 10 and any other modern version, you can improve this method by creating a shortcut to turn off the computer after a certain time. For this:
- Right click on an empty desktop.
- Click "Create Shortcut".
- In the location field, write: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 1800 (or any number of seconds you need).
- Click next.
You can assign any name to the shortcut and make as many of them as you like to turn off the computer after 30 minutes, an hour, two hours, and so on. It's not hard to guess that you can also do a cancel button. To make them all look pretty, click on any of the shortcuts and select "Properties" - "Shortcut" - "Change Icon". You can choose from both Windows 10 system icons and from any folder.
You can also set a timer to automatically turn off the computer after a certain time through the built-in Task Scheduler of Windows 10. To do this, follow these steps:
- Hold down Win+R.
- In the Run box, type taskschd.msc.
- The Scheduler will open (it can also be found through Start).
- In "Actions" select "Create a simple task".
- Think of a name and click next.
- Set the value to “Once”, then.
- Select a start date and time, next.
- Select the item "Start the program".
- Program or script - shutdown, argument -s (with a dash).
- Ready.
As you can see, a timer to automatically turn off Windows at a given time is no more difficult than setting an alarm.
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Some users need to configure the computer to turn off according to time or even on scheduled days at certain hours. The reasons can be different, and the most banal one is that you already start watching some movie at night and don’t want the computer to work until the morning if you suddenly fall asleep :) The same function is used by some on TVs and all for the same reason.
And the most interesting thing is that such a function in a computer is far from being on the surface. It seems that a computer is such an omnipotent device, but such a banal function is somewhere tucked away that a beginner will not find it!
So, from this article you will learn how, using a simple command in the Windows console, you can configure the computer to turn off after a certain number of seconds, as well as how to set the computer to turn off at a certain time on certain days!
Beginners should not be afraid of the words "Console", "Command line" and the like, since we are not talking about programming and other complex tasks! I'll show you an example and you'll understand...
So, now we will consider 2 ways to turn off the computer in time:
Simple shutdown of the computer after a specified number of seconds;
Turn off the computer on the specified day and time.
How to set a timer to turn off the computer?
To accomplish this task, we only need the Windows command line.
In any operating system, you can quickly find the command line through the search. For example, in Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7, open the Start menu and type "cmd" in the search box at the bottom. The Command Prompt application appears in the list.
If you have Windows 8, then also open "Start", then click on the search icon on the right:
In the field that appears, type "cmd", and the Command Prompt program will immediately appear in the search results:
And finally, if you have the latest development from Microsoft - Windows 10, then the default search icon will be located right next to the Start button. Click on it, enter "cmd" and you will see the "Command Prompt" application:
To complete our task, administrator rights may be required, and therefore, in order not to look for the reason why the timer shutdown may not work, we will run the command line as an administrator. To do this, right-click on the program icon and select "Run as administrator":
You should have a black command prompt window that looks like this:
Please note that if you have in this window instead of the path " C:\Windows\system32' specifies the path to the user's folder (for example, ' C:\Users\John”), then you did not run the command line as an administrator, but as a regular user! In this case, it is better to close it and open it again as an administrator.
After the command line has been launched, it remains to correctly register one command and you're done!
Shutdown command is used to shut down and restart the computer at the Windows command prompt.
We type the following on the command line:
Where 3600 is the number of seconds after which your computer will shut down. If you now press the "Enter" button on your keyboard, your computer will be turned off after 1 hour, because one hour is exactly 3600 seconds. It is very easy to calculate :) We know that there are 60 seconds in one minute, and since these minutes are also 60 in an hour, we multiply 60 by 60 and get 3600. For example, 1 hour 20 minutes is 4800 seconds.
Now with regard to these characters "/s" and "/t".
These are the 2 options I specified for the shutdown command. The "/s" parameter means that the computer should just shut down, and not restart or simply log out. For example, to reboot, you need to specify “/ r” instead of “/ s”. Parameter "/t" - allows you to set the time before the command is triggered. For example, if we specified a command without "/t", i.e. like this "shutdown / s", then the computer would turn off instantly.
Now, I think you understand everything. Just specify your time before turning off the computer and press the "Enter" key!
The command line window will close and the countdown will start immediately. This will give you a warning message, for example:
A warning of this format is issued when only a few minutes are left before the computer is turned off.
But if you set a long timer, for example, for an hour or more, then when you start it, you will simply receive a notification in the system area:
If you suddenly decide to cancel the action of the timer, then you need to enter the command line again and execute the following command there and press "Enter":
At the same time, you will receive a notification in the system area that the scheduled shutdown has been canceled:
This is how a simple scheme for turning off a computer on a timer looks like.
And now let's consider a more interesting option - how to postpone turning off the computer for a certain day and a specified time.
How to set the computer to turn off at the right day and time?
To implement this possibility, we need the system utility "Task Scheduler" and "Notepad".
Through the Windows Task Scheduler, you can schedule the execution of any program on a specific day and time, and even set a recurring task for various periods, for example, daily, weekly.
There is only one catch: through the scheduler, it will not be possible to open the command line, as it was done, and write a shutdown command there. This is because we need some kind of file to run, which can be specified in the scheduler and which will contain the command to turn off the computer.
This issue is very easy to solve! You need to open a notepad, write “shutdown / s / t 000” there, re-save the text document to a file with the “.bat” extension (for example, “Shutdown.bat”), and then point to this file in the task scheduler.
Now let's take a closer look, point by point:
Open Windows notepad. It is available by default in any Windows system and can be found in the Start menu, in the Accessories category, or by searching for Windows and typing Notepad.
In notepad write: shutdown /s /t 000.
Here, using the “shutdown” command, we indicated the action to shutdown / restart the computer or log off the system.
With the “/s” parameter, we specify the action - to perform exactly shutting down the PC!
With the “/t” parameter, we specify a timer before shutdown - 0 seconds, which means that the computer will turn off instantly without delay.
Here's how it should turn out:
Resave the notepad file to a file with the “.bat” extension. To do this, in Notepad, click File > Save As.
In the save window, specify the location where the file with the command to turn off the computer will be stored, after which we specify any file name, but so that it must be “.bat” at the end, and not “.txt”:
For example, like mine - "Shutdown.bat". The name before ".bat" can be anything!
If you saved the file correctly, it will look like this in the system:
If it looks like a regular text document, then most likely you forgot to specify the ".bat" extension when saving, and therefore do this step again.
What is this BAT file? A file with the “.bat” extension allows you to execute Windows commands one by one, as well as various scripts. In our case, only one command is registered - turn off the computer immediately.
Open the task scheduler and set up the launch of the created Bat-file.
The Task Scheduler is also built into all Windows systems by default and can be found by searching or through the control panel: "Control Panel" > "System and Security" > "Administrative Tools".
This is what the task scheduler looks like:
In it on the right, in the "Actions" window, open the item "Create a simple task":
The scheduled task setup wizard will open, where you need to go through several steps. In the first window that appears, enter the name of the task, for example, "Turn off the computer" and click "Next":
In the next step, you need to mark when the scheduled task will be performed? It depends on when you want to turn off your computer. For example, you can set the task to run daily, and then you will need to specify the execution time. You can set up a weekly shutdown and then you can select specific days and times to complete the task.
And if you just want to set up a one-time shutdown of the computer on a specific day and time, then select the “Once” item.
Now, depending on which shutdown period you set in the previous step, you will need to specify the month/days/time to turn off. If you specified a one-time execution of the task ("Once"), then you need to select only the day and time to turn off.
You can specify the date manually with numbers or select using the calendar.
After setting the date and time of shutdown, click on the "Next" button:
In the next step, select an action for the task. We mark "Run the program" and click "Next":
In the next window, select our created file with the “.bat” extension, where the shutdown command is laid. Click on the "Browse" button and select this file on your hard drive, then click "Next":
In the last window, mark the item marked in the image below and click "Finish":
This option means that after clicking "Finish", an additional window of properties for the created task will open. We need this to enable the execution of the program with administrator rights.
A window will open in which on the first tab "General" we mark the item "Run with highest rights" below and click "OK":
Everything! The scheduled task has been created. Now, as soon as the date and time you specified arrive, the computer will immediately turn off.
If you suddenly want to change any parameters of the scheduled task, then open the task scheduler again, select "Task Scheduler Library" in the left part of the window, right-click on the task you created in the list in the center, and select "Properties" from the menu that opens :
A window will open where on several tabs you can change all the settings that you configured!
In this way, you can set the computer to turn off by time (timer), as well as schedule a shutdown for any day and time, and even set up a regular task execution. I'm sure this feature will be useful to someone.
See you in the next posts :)
Do you like to mess with your computer? It doesn't matter, there is more than one way to turn off the PC. We give your attention to 7 ways to turn off your computer on Windows 10. All methods have been tested and are working. The material is broken down from simple to complex.
1. Shut down using the Start menu
To do this, click start on the taskbar in the lower left corner of the screen.
Then click on shutdown .
By default, only 2 options appear, click to restart the computer, shutdown to turn it off completely.
If you are using Windows 10 on a tablet, then the taskbar may be slightly different, but the algorithm is almost the same with calling the menu Start .
2. Shut down Windows 10 using the WinX menu
Starting with Win8, you can use WinX to shut down Windows 10 by pressing the Win + X keyboard shortcut.
A list of system functions will appear, almost at the very bottom we hover over Shut down or log out for more shutdown options.
You can also access this menu by right-clicking on Start, or if you're using a touchscreen, hold down with your finger until the WinX menu appears.
3. Shut down Windows 10 using ALT + F4 keys
Please note, do not press ALT + F4 while working with a program or application, this key combination will close the application. Be careful, use it only when you are on desktop . After clicking, the shutdown menu will open.
Here you can open a drop-down list where you can select " switch off or shutdown » or even completely restart Windows 10. You can also sign out of the user profile or switch to another profile. Select the desired option and click the button OK to perform the selected actions.
4. Shut down Windows 10 using the command line and the "Shutdown" option
If you like working from the command line interface, you can turn off the device with the . Enter it and click Enter. The shutdown will begin in a minute, a warning window will pop up beforehand.
You can also use this command with the "Run" command, then type and press Enter to turn off your Windows device.
To restart Windows, replace the ending /s on the /r. To get all available options, you need to type shutdown in command line .
Turn off Windows 10 from the lock screen
When the device or PC is in lockdown mode, you can turn off Windows by clicking on the power in the lower right corner, after which options will open with a sub-context menu.
6. Shut down Windows 10 using the "Slidetoshutdown" command
Press the key combination Win + R to run the command " Run". In the command window, copy and paste Slidetoshutdown.exe, then press ENTER or OK .
This file is stored in the Windows system files, it can be displayed using a shortcut on the desktop and turn off the PC directly from it.
7. Turn off Windows 10 using the power button on the device
If you're using Windows 10 on a touch device, smartphone, or tablet, there's another, faster way to turn it off. First, you need to long press the power off and on button of your device, after which a splash screen will appear exactly like we used in the previous step, with the Slidetoshutdown.exe command.
Now you just need to move the slider down to turn off Windows 10.
Conclusion
If, for whatever reason, you want to shut down or restart your device, Windows 10 provides a wide range of options. Since this is a simple solution, there is no need to complicate things for yourself.
Having trouble shutting down or restarting your computer? Write in the comments to this article, perhaps we will give you a solution.
Some users may need to turn off the computer after a while. This may be due to a prolonged download or installation of a program, the need to move away from the PC for various reasons, and other factors that make it necessary to turn off the system after a certain period of time. This material is intended to help such users, in it I will tell you in detail how to organize a computer shutdown timer on Windows 10, and what are the ways to implement this task.
How to set a computer shutdown timer in Windows 10
Let's take a closer look at the various tools that allow you to quickly set the right timer to shut down our OS.
Method number 1. Using the functionality of the "shutdown" command
The “shutdown” command built into the functionality of Windows 10 is used to perform operations to turn off and restart the computer, put the PC into sleep mode, hibernate, and also to end the current user session. In the specifics of our analysis, the format of this command looks like this:
shutdown -s -t (time in seconds)
- switch -s — indicates that the computer is shutting down;
- switch -t - indicates the delay time before turning off the computer;
“Time in seconds” (instead of it there is some number) is the time in seconds after which the PC will be turned off (respectively, 600 seconds is 10 minutes).
For example, the command:
shutdown -s -t 600
will shutdown the PC 10 minutes after its activation.
To use this command, press the keyboard shortcut Win+R, in the appeared line "Run". Type this command with the keys (having previously calculated the minute interval you need in seconds), and press enter.
The second way entering this command is to use the command line functionality.
Launch command prompt as administrator, enter:
shutdown -s -t 1200 (in this case, this is a shutdown after 20 minutes, instead of 1200, enter the number you need) and press "Enter".
Third way The implementation of this command is to use the "Power Shell". To do this, press the key combination Win+X, select "Windows PowerShell (Administrator)", and wait for the working shell window to open. After that, enter the command I mentioned in it, and press enter.
Use the "Power Shell" to type the specified command If, for some reason, you change your mind about turning off your system, then click again on Win+R, and in the run line type:
shutdown -a
Scheduled computer shutdown after that will be cancelled.
Method number 2. Using the Task Scheduler to Set the Timer
Windows Task Scheduler is a handy system tool that allows you to run the program you need at a certain time with the right conditions. We use its functionality to run the already mentioned “shutdown” command at a time of our choice.
To use the scheduler features in the search bar, type:
taskschd.msc
and press enter. The scheduler window will open, in which on the right we click on "Create a simple task".
Select "Create a simple task" 
Set the time to turn off the PC, then click on "Next" Here in the line of the program or script we type shutdown, and in the "add arguments" window, enter -s, then click on "Next".
The task scheduler will start at the time we specified, and turn off our Windows 10 PC.
Method number 3. Create a bat file
Another fairly simple and at the same time very convenient alternative to setting a PC shutdown timer is to use a text bat file. In it, you specify the text of the shutdown procedure, then place this file on the desktop. By clicking on it, you specify the time after which your PC will be turned off, after which the corresponding timer starts.
To create such a bat file, launch Notepad, enter the following text in it:
Click on the "Save" button, in the "File Type" select all files, give it a name with the bat extension (for example, " filename.bat”), then save this file to your PC desktop. After clicking on it, it will be enough to enter the desired time, and the counter for turning off your PC will be activated.
Method number 3. External programs to turn off the PC
There is a fairly large number of external timer programs that allow you to turn off your computer at a convenient time for you. The full list is available in the article:. Let's consider some of them:
Power off utility
The Power off program is a PC software switch that allows you to not only turn off your system, but also reboot it, put it into sleep or standby mode, end the current user session, and perform other relevant operations.
Download, install and run the program, in the "Timers" tab, select the specifics of the operation and the time of its operation.
Off timer program
A compact and convenient program "Shutdown Timer", designed to turn off your computer at a convenient time for you. You just set the right time to turn off the PC (or after what time you need to turn it off), the program will do the rest.
Free Desktop Timer Application
The Free Desktop Timer program is made in the form of a widget that displays the time on your PC desktop. When you need to shut down the computer after a specified time, just hover over this widget, click on the right mouse button, and select "Shut down the computer". You just have to set the shutdown time, then click on "Start" on the right.
Set up Free Desktop Timer "Final Countdown"
The English program Final Countdown has the same simple and convenient interface for shutting down Windows 10. It will be enough for you to select the required operation (shutdown, reboot, sleep mode, hibernation, end the session, lock), set the time for its execution, the program will do the rest on its own.
Conclusion
The article lists various ways to easily and conveniently enable the computer shutdown timer. You can use the solutions built into the Windows 10 OS itself, or install external software on your computer that makes it easy to turn off the PC at the right time for you. At the same time, I don’t see much point in turning to the capabilities of external stationary programs, since the functionality of the “shutdown” command is quite enough to solve all the relevant tasks.