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ShutDown v1.56
Disclaimer:
No liability and all that stuff.
License:
You are hereby granted a license to use and evaluate ShutDown
for thirty (30) days. After this period, please register the
software or cease using it. To register, send $10 to the address
shown below. The first version of ShutDown was freeware. People
had all sorts of neat requests, but I really did not feel like
working for free. Please support registration. Send $10 to:
Chris Bluethman
2302 N. Star Drive
Stillwater, OK 74075
CompuServe members! You can register online, Type GO SWREG.
The Registration ID is 8995.
Description:
Why click on Start to shutdown your computer in Windows 95?
In Windows NT, why go to the Program Manager, click on
File, Shutdown, and then shutdown? ShutDown makes it easier
by providing the same shutdown service NT's Program Manager
and 95's Start button does. Make it a shortcut on the
95 desktop. In Windows NT, I put it on my Microsoft Office
Toolbar. You can also run ShutDown from the command line.
Great for shutting down the computer from a batch file or a
scheduling program. The standard shutdown procedure is used,
so don't worry about losing data during the shutdown. NT or
95 will ask every running application if they want to quit or
not. ShutDown also supports timed shutdowns and running of a
batch file or program before shutting down.
Command Line Parameters:
/RESTART
Restart Windows, or "quick" reboot. Same as holding
down Shift when using the regular Windows 95 shutdown.
NOTE: This option has changed from previous versions of
ShutDown. Previous versions had /RESTART and
/REBOOT doing the same thing, completely rebooting.
Now /RESTART under Windows NT does a log off
(/LOGOFF). /RESTART under Windows 95 does a restart
without a reboot.
/REBOOT
Reboot the computer
/LOGOFF
Close all programs and log current user off.
/FORCE
Shutdown running applications whether they want to
quit or not. WARNING: If you use this switch and an
application has unsaved data, the data will be lost.
/MSDOS
Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode. This feature is
only available in Windows 95.
/HELP
Display this same information.
/T:n
Where "n" is the amount of time to wait before shutting
down. "n" can be expressed in minutes or an actual time.
The presence of a second colon in the option will determine
how "n" is interpreted. /T:15 means wait 15 minutes,
/T:15:45 means to shut down at 3:45 PM. If "n" specifies
a time, it must be in 24 hour format. Please see the
examples for more information.
/F:[path]filename.ext [params]
Run the named file just before shutting down.
[path] is optional. [params] are parameters that
will be passed to filename.ext. NOTE: If you use the
/F: switch, make it the LAST parameter on the command
line. In this way, the parameters will be interpreted
correctly.
/POWEROFF
Shut down the system and turn off the power. NOTE: The
system must support the power-off feature.
Specifying nothing on the command line will shut down to a
power-off state. Parameters can be combined for different
effects. See the Examples below.
Tips/Tricks:
Running ShutDown without any command line parameters will
just shut down to a power-off state. If you want a different
type of shutdown, like a logoff or a complete reboot, you can add
the command line parameters discussed above. In Windows 95,
the best thing to do is to create a shortcut on your desktop.
To change the command line parameters, right click to the
Properties for the shortcut. Then click the Shortcut tab.
Now you can add /REBOOT or /LOGOFF to the end of the Target
line.
Examples:
ShutDown /LOGOFF /T:3
Wait three minutes, close all applications,
and log off the current user.
ShutDown /T:19:00
Shut down the computer at 19:00 hours (7:00 PM).
ShutDown /T:4:15 /RESTART
Restart Windows at 04:15 hours (4:15 AM).
Note that NT will log off while 95 will restart without
reboot.
ShutDown /MSDOS
Close all running programs and restart in MS-DOS mode.
Type "exit" to get back to Windows 95.
ShutDown /RESTART /T:15 /F:C:\CLEAN.BAT
Wait fifteen minutes, run the batch file called
CLEAN.BAT, then restart Windows. Note that /F:
is the last parameter.
ShutDown /FORCE /F:NOTEPAD.EXE SIGNOFF.TXT
Run Notepad, edit a file called SIGNOFF.TXT, and then
do a forced shutdown. All unsaved data will be lost.
ShutDown /F:"D:\Things to do at end of session.bat"
Run the "Things to do at end of session.bat" file and
then shutdown.
E-mail:
Send comments/suggestions to:
Chris Bluethman
Internet: cdb@excalibur.net
CompuServe: 72347,3306
Trademarks/Acknowledgments
Microsoft Office, Windows 95, and Windows NT are products
of Microsoft Corporation.