How To Set Timeout for Shutdown

With the use of this simple, yet wonderful DOS command you can set timeout to shutdown your PC.

You can type this command either in Run or at Command Prompt 

or

You can ever create a batch file and execute it. For that open notepad, type the command and save the file as filename.bat which creates a batch file and doubleclick that batch file to start execution of your commands.

Syntax
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Shutdown -s -t xxxx

xxxx is the time in seconds to be specified for timeout.


NOTE:: Command to abort a started timeout is: Shutdown -a

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