Is it possible to abort remotely a shutdown /t command in Windows?

Question

I have a simple WPF app that controls and monitors a few Windows 10 machines on an internal network- All it does is Ping and Shutdown. I'm creating batch files on the fly and calling them using Process.Start(..).

I can successfully remote shutdown a machine using:

shutdown /s /f /t 30 /m \\MYMACHINE_NAME

I'm trying to add an Abort button to a command already sent. I thought this would do it:

shutdown /s /a /m \\MYMACHINE_NAME

But it doesn't work.

I know that on the remote machine itself I can call Shutdown /a and it'll abort the existing shutdown for that box, but I'm trying to Abort remotely.

Possible?

Answer 1

Another possibility.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psshutdown

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Answer 2

Also it works fine here using;

shutdown /s /f /t 60 /m \\win10x64ftv

shutdown /a /m \\win10x64ftv

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Answer 3

From the link above;
You can use PsShutdown to initiate a shutdown of the local or a remote computer, logoff a user, lock a system, or to abort an imminent shutdown.

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Answer 4

Hi,
When using PsShutdown, there is limitation that aborts a shutdown (only possible while a countdown is in progress).
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/psshutdown

Moreover, here is command to abort the shutdown process on remote machines using a csv file of server names, you could modify based on your request and have a try.
https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1998972-abort-shutdown-remotely

Please note: Information posted in the given link is hosted by a third party. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy and effectiveness of information.

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Hope this helps and please help to accept as Answer if the response is useful.

Thanks,
Jenny