Re: Shuting down windows with batch file

From: Karl Levinson [x y] MVP (levinson_k@excite.com)
Date: 10/23/02 

From: "Karl Levinson [x y] MVP" <levinson_k@excite.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:30:41 -0400

"Matěj Pilát" <matej.pilat@tiscali.cz> wrote in message
news:uPk5yeneCHA.2020@tkmsftngp09...
> Does anybody know how to shutdown w2k with batch file? The syntax?
> In the system w9x was like this
> C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE USER.EXE,EXITWINDOWS
>
> I suppose, that in w2k should be similar like this
>
> C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\RUNDDLL32.EXE USER.EXE,EXITWINDOWS
>
> But it doesn´t work. Is it possible at all in w2k shutdown the system with
> batch file???

If you have the Windows Resource Kit, you could use SHUTDOWN.EXE

If you search www.google.com for SHUTDOWN.EXE, I believe there are several
freeware versions as well.

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