{"id":1191,"date":"2018-01-11T10:45:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2023-10-10T10:50:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T10:50:16","slug":"shutdown-windows-automatically","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/shutdown-windows-automatically\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Shutdown Timer &#8211;  How to Shutdown Windows Automatically"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Auto shut down is one of the wisest approaches to save PC and laptop power and enhance performance by setting up timer to schedule certain tasks like auto shut down. There are several reasons that can be ascertained for the use of scheduling auto shut down your Windows 10\/7\/8. Few of those are listed below.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Why Do We Need to Automatically S<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>hutdown Windows?<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Suppose you have a task running currently on your PC, but you want to go out somewhere on an urgent basis. Since you want to shut down after the completion of the task, you simply set the auto-shut down process which would shut down the system at its time with the task completed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">If your system is working on a stretch for a longer period and you are yet to do a lot of tasks, then scheduling the auto-shut down would save you the trouble of doing it manually if you happen to forget to shut down afterwards.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/reset-windows-10-password.html\">2 ways to reset Windows 10 login password<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">In this article we would employ certain two methods which would help you to schedule your task without the use of any timer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #1: Schedule Auto-shut Down Windows using Task Scheduler<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Task Scheduler is a wonderful PC Shutdown Timer program introduced in Windows operating systems, that helps us to schedule tasks ahead of time. Here in this section we would use it to schedule auto-shut down PC at a specified time. Follow the steps to know how to do it:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Press &#8220;Windows + R&#8221; to open the Run command.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. Type in &#8220;taskschd.msc&#8221; and press \u201cEnter\u201d to open the \u201cTask Scheduler\u201d window.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. Click \u201cCreate Basic Task\u201d from the right hand side of the panel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutdown_pc_1.jpg\" alt=\"Task Scheduler\" width=\"600\" height=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 4. Provide \u201cShut down\u201d as the task name and click on \u201cNext\u201d button.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutdown_pc_2.jpg\" alt=\"shutdown PC\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 5. Choose from \u201cWhen do you want the task to start?\u201d any suitable options, like \u201cDaily, Weekly, Monthly\u201d according to your requirement. Click \u201cNext\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1195 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/task_trigger_1.jpg\" alt=\"shutdown your windows\" width=\"600\" height=\"420\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 6. Set the time of the task and click \u201cNext\u201d button.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 7. Choose \u201cStart a program\u201d option and click \u201cNext\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 8. Now click on the browse button to open <strong><b>Disk <\/b><\/strong><strong><b>C<\/b><\/strong>\/<strong><b>Windows<\/b><\/strong>\/<strong><b>System32<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0and locate the \u201cshutdown\u201d named exe file. And then click \u201cOpen\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1196 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutdown_pc_4.jpg\" alt=\"shutdown your windows 10\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 9. Enter <strong><b>\u2013s \u00a0<\/b><\/strong>next to the \u201cAdd arguments\u201d option and click \u201cNext\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 10. Eventually click \u201cFinish\u201d to complete the process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Your system would shut down at the specified time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #2: Auto-Shutdown PC using Command Prompt<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Command prompt is not only a command line interpreter but can assign and carry out several tasks at the stroke of certain codes. Thus here also we would use to schedule auto shut down PC on Windows system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Press \u201cWindows +R\u201d to open the Run command.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. In the blank search box, input \u201ccmd\u201d and hit \u201cEnter\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. Once the dialogue box appears, enter the following command and hit \u201cEnter\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>shutdown \u2013s \u2013t 1200 for 20 minutes <\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>NOTE: <\/b><\/strong>The number you entered is the timing in seconds after which the system would automatically shut-down. You can set your own time as per your need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">And there you go your system would shut-down just after 1200 seconds as the time is set.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Don&#8217;t miss: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/how-to-access-a-laptop-without-password.html\">How to unlock Windows 10 password<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Method #3: Schedule Auto-shutdown Windows using Run<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">This method is one of the simplest methods to schedule the Auto-shutdown but scarcely users would know about it in spite of using their Windows OS for such a long time. Instead of using any tool we would use the basic Run command to accomplish the task. The steps for the method are elaborated as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 1. Firstly turn on your computer, and press \u201cWindows + R\u201d to open the \u201cRun\u201d search panel at the bottom left corner of your Windows Screen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 2. In the empty search box, enter <strong><b>shutdown \u2013s \u2013t 600 <\/b><\/strong>and hit \u201cEnter\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1197\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/shutdown_3.jpg\" alt=\"shutdown your windows 10\" width=\"476\" height=\"245\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>TIP:<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0600 is the time set in seconds, you can set your own time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Step 3. After you have done this much, the computer would ask you for the auto-shutdown confirmation. Simply click \u201cOk to finish the scheduling process.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong><b>Conclusion:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Since in auto-shut down you don\u2019t need to manually shut down your system, it saves a lot of time and energy of the user.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">It is useful for those workers who are always engaged in innumerable works and don\u2019t have time to spare to shut down their system on a regular basis. Thus assigning a certain time would shut down the system at that time saving you the trouble of manually shutting it down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related Articles:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/forgot-windows-10-picture-password.html\">Forgot Windows 10\/8 Picture Password &#8211; But Remember Pin Password<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/windows-wont-boot-after-update-to-windows-10.html\">How To Fix &#8211; Windows Won&#8217;t Boot After Update To Windows 10?<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iseepassword.com\/take-ownership-in-windows-10.html\">2 Ways to Take Ownership of File and a Folder in Windows 10<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Auto shut down is one of the wisest approaches to save PC and laptop power and enhance performance by setting up timer to schedule certain tasks like auto shut down. 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