Force Shutdown or Restart from Command Line

If you’ve been using the power button to force shutdown your PC, try this Command Line trick to Force Shutdown and to Force Restart your PC. This Command Line trick allows you to specify normal Shutdown/Restart or if you want to Force Shutdown/Restart and also allows you to specify the time to wait before Force Shutdown/Restart. Shutdown.exe is the process responsible for System Shutdown and Restart. Normal Shutdown is the term we’ve used here to mention the default Shutdown. Force Shutdown will stop all processes and forcefully shuts down your PC. Force Shutdown with time set as a parameter, will force shutdown your PC at the specified time. The same goes for Restart and Force Restart except for the base parameter (-r instead of -s)

This command in Linux is used to instruct the hardware to stop all the CPU functions. Basically, it reboots or stops the system. If the system is in runlevel 0 or 6 or using the command with –force option, it results in rebooting of the system otherwise it results in shutdown. To perform a Timed Force Shutdown, type in Shutdown –s –f –t 00. This will Force Shutdown your PC in 00 seconds (waiting time). Setting it to 05 will shutdown your PC after 05 seconds i.e after waiting for 5 seconds.

Command On For Force Shutdown Of A Program On Mac

In this case, it becomes difficult to shut down the pc. This problem can be solved by 2 methods. Method 1: Press “Windows+R” to open a run window. Now type “shutdown –s –f” this command will force shutdown your pc without asking to save current tasks. I came across commands like-taskkill /im 'program.exe' tasklist. But I want to close all active windows but not forcefully. If there a specific command or some combination of commands please do mention. Thanks in Advance. PS- I came across powershell but I want to know if i can achieve this using batch file (cmd commands).Below is.

Shutdown

Normal Shutdown
To perform a normal Shutdown, open Run (Start >> Run) and type in Shutdown –s . Your PC will shutdown just as it would when you click Shutdown from the Start menu

Force Shutdown
To perform a Force Shutdown, type in Shutdown –s –f. Notice a new parameter –f? This parameter is responsible for Fore Shutdown.

Force Shutdown Xp

Force Shutdown with Time
To perform a Timed Force Shutdown, type in Shutdown –s –f –t 00. This will Force Shutdown your PC in 00 seconds (waiting time). Setting it to 05 will shutdown your PC after 05 seconds i.e after waiting for 5 seconds.

Restart

To restart, simply replace –s with –r. If you are unsure, proceed reading.

Normal Restart
To perform a normal Restart, open Run (Start >> Run) and type in Shutdown –r . Your PC will reboot just as it would when you click Restart from the Start menu

Force Restart
To perform a Force Restart, type in Shutdown –r –f.

Force Restart with Time
To perform a Timed Force Restart, type in Shutdown –r –f –t 00.

Read Command Line Parameters to try more commands.