Shutdown is a free utility that will let you shutdown, logoff, turn off or restart your computer immediately with a single click or a keyboard shortcut. It is easy to use and does not require installation. By default (with no command line options), Shutdown will simply shutdown Windows. With the command line options, you can manipulate it further. There is no user interface for this program, just command line options you can pass to an executable file.

1 = Shuts down the system to a point at which it is safe to turn off the power. All file buffers have been flushed to disk, and all running processes have stopped.
2 = Shuts down all processes running and then it logs the user off.
3 = Shuts down the system and turns off the power. NOTE: the system must support the power-off feature.
4 = Shuts down the system and then restarts the system.

FORCE = Forces processes to terminate. Instead of bringing up the “application not responding” dialog box for the user, this value forces an application to terminate if it does not respond.

Examples: shutdown.exe 4 would restart the computer. shutdown.exe 4 FORCE would restart the computer forcefully.

Shutdown will close by itself when it has completed its task. You can create a shortcut to the executable with the command line options you need, and then click this shortcut to perform your chosen task. By assigning a hotkey to this shortcut you can use your keyboard to immediately execute the chosen task.

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