Put a shutdown timer on your Windows desktop with this command
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If you ever find yourself in a situation where you wanna leave your computer on for several hours, but you also want it to shut down once an update or download has finished, there's a very simple work around.
Here's how it works.
To create a shutdown timer manually, either open command prompt or press the Windows plus Key to open the run window.
type the command shutdown-s-t and the time in seconds.
For instance, for 20 minutes you will type 1200.
When you pass the int or click OK, the timer will begin.
To cancel the timer, open run or command once again and type shutdown-a And press enter.
For even faster access turn this command into a desktop shortcut.
Right click on an empty space on the desktop, hover over new and select shortcut in the side menu.
In the path field type the shutdown command.
Shutdown -s -t and again the time in seconds, then click next.
Give the shortcut a name such as shutdown 20 minutes And click Finish.
Anytime you double click the shutdown for cut the timer will start.
You can also create a shortcut for the shutdown cancel command.
By right clicking the shortcut icon and selecting properties you can assign a custom icon and change the timer link or name.
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