Postpone shutting down your computer with this quick and easy shortcut. by Taylor Martin
/ March 3, 2017 12:43 PM PST Taylor Martin/CNET Watch this: Put a shutdown timer on your Windows desktop with this... 1:24 If you ever find yourself in a situation where you need to leave your computer on for several hours, but you want it to shut down once a certain process has finished, reddit user excelhelpneeded111 has a surprisingly simple solution. You don't need any third-party software, and it will only take a minute or two to set up. Create a shutdown timer for Windows To create a shutdown timer manually, open Command Prompt and type the command shutdown -s -t XXXX. The "XXXX" should be the time in seconds you want to elapse before the computer shuts down. For instance, if you want the computer to shut down in 2 hours, the command should look like shutdown -s -t 7200. If you want to restart your computer on a delay, use shutdown -r -t XXXX instead. To cancel the timer, open the Run window or Command Prompt again and enter shutdown -a. Create a shutdown timer shortcut If you need to use a shutdown timer regularly, you can take this trick one step further by turning it into a desktop shortcut. shutdown-timer-windows-shortcut.pngEnlarge Image Taylor Martin/CNET .Right-click on the desktop, hover over New and select Shortcut in the side menu. .In the path field type "shutdown -s -t XXXX" and click Next. .Enter a name for the shortcut (for example, "Shutdown 1 Hour") and click Finish. Any time you double-click the shutdown shortcut, the timer will start. To cancel the timer, you can create a second shortcut using shutdown -a or enter the shutdown -a command in Command Prompt. To change the time on the shutdown timer, right-click the shortcut icon, select Properties and change the seconds value in the Target field. From within Properties, you can also assign a different image as the icon. Dedicated programs sleep-timer-pc.png Taylor Martin/CNET Original aarticle at: https://www.cnet.com/how-to/put-a-shutdown-timer-on-your-windows-desktop-wit h-this-command/ -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
