Auto shutdown in Win 7/How great is task scheduler

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   I'd completely forgotten about shutting down the HTPC instead opting to put it in sleep mode. This was okay I guess but with Media Center running sleep was, at best, flaky. Far better to just shut it down. Easy as pie in 7:

Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Task Scheduler
Action menu --> Create basic task
Type in anything you like for the title and description. I used "auto shutdown".
Click next to go to the Task Trigger screen and choose the frequency. I selected daily.
Click next and on the Daily screen enter the time you want to action to occur.
Click next and on the Action screen select "start a program".
Click next and in program/script field type: c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe or use the browse button to go find it.
In the add arguments field type /s to tell the shutdown program to just shutdown. You can type:
shutdown /? 
at a command prompt to get a full list of switches. For instance /r shuts down and restarts, /h hibernates, etc.
Click next, confirm your settings and click finish.
Works like a champ.

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Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22278	Quote Reply Topic: Auto shutdown in Win 7/How great is task scheduler Posted: 28 Mar 2012 at 6:58am
	I'd completely forgotten about shutting down the HTPC instead opting to put it in sleep mode. This was okay I guess but with Media Center running sleep was, at best, flaky. Far better to just shut it down. Easy as pie in 7: Control Panel --> Administrative Tools --> Task Scheduler Action menu --> Create basic task Type in anything you like for the title and description. I used "auto shutdown". Click next to go to the Task Trigger screen and choose the frequency. I selected daily. Click next and on the Daily screen enter the time you want to action to occur. Click next and on the Action screen select "start a program". Click next and in program/script field type: c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe or use the browse button to go find it. In the add arguments field type /s to tell the shutdown program to just shutdown. You can type: shutdown /? at a command prompt to get a full list of switches. For instance /r shuts down and restarts, /h hibernates, etc. Click next, confirm your settings and click finish. Works like a champ.

Karl_db Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 29316	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Mar 2012 at 3:32pm
	Ah...cool. I'll have to copy this and give it a whirl. Mostly for the desktop which I sometimes let run if recording or some such.

Don Watkins Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Add to Buddy List Admin Group Admin Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 22278	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Mar 2012 at 3:45pm
	Works like a champ. Task Scheduler in 7 is a vast improvement IIRC.

Randy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 22 Mar 2008 Location: USA, Georgia Posts: 15272	Quote Reply Posted: 28 Mar 2012 at 5:03pm
	Nice to know.