Thread: Shutdown Command Graphical Interface

Windows has always presented a method to shut down your PC or other PCs on network remotely by a command line using shutdown command. There is a method to change command so you can utilize a graphical interface in its place to create it simple to select what PCs to shutdown or even restart.

The shutdown command utilizes switches to control how it is utilized. E.g. you can utilize –r switch to restart before shutdown and –t switch to manage how long before PC is shutdown or rebooted. If you make use of the –i switch then it will run graphical interface which permits you to fine tune how you need PC to shutdown. You can make a desktop shortcut for graphical interface by making target for shortcut be %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe –i. That way you can have it as an icon that you can double click to run




When you run shutdown interface you can click on Add button to include PCs by name or Browse button to browse Active Directory looking for PCs if you utilize a domain.



Then you can select if you want to shutdown, restart or log off users and how long until that event occurs. If you want to tack your restarts you can utilize Shutdown Event Tracker to have an explanation of why you shutdown PCs.