How to set Task Scheduler automatic shutdown at a specific time

Question

scheduled shutdown at 30 minutes after logon

Answer 1

Hi DeanJudd,

We can schedule task to shutdown at specific time, but you will not be able to shutdown at 30 minutes after logon.

Follow below steps to schedule task:

a.     Go to Start > Control Panel > System and Security > Administrative Tools and click on the Task Scheduler.

b.     From the Action menu in Task Scheduler, click "Create Basic Task..."

c.      In the "Create Basic Task Wizard" windows that pops up, Type in a title and a description. Something basic like "PC Shutdown."

d.     Click "Next."

e.     On the "Task Trigger" screen, choose the frequency with which you want the Shutdown PC to run. For nightly shutdown, click on "daily" and click the Next" button.

f.       On the "Daily" screen, enter the date and time you want your PC to shutdown. Click "Next."

g.     On the "Action" screen, choose "Start a program" and click "Next."

h.     On the "Start a Program" screen, type C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe in the "Program/script" text field.

i.       In the Add arguments text field type /s.

j.       Click "Next."

k.      Confirm your settings on the Summary screen and click "Finish."

Now your Windows 7 computer will automatically shutdown at the same time every day/night.

You may refer the below link:

Schedule a task:http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Schedule-a-task

Regards:

Samhrutha G S - Microsoft Support.

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Answer 2

Scheduler-driven shutdown works unless I activate the condition to "Start the task only if the computer is idle for" some period of time (right now I'm using 1 minute).  (The subsidiary choice, "Wait for idle for:" is set to 1 hour.)  In that case, the scheduled shutdown doesn't happen.

So I'm wondering:  What is the Win7 Task Scheduler's definition of "computer is idle"?

In my scenario described above, there was no user input from mouse or keyboard.  But according to Task Manager, about 110 "processes" were running (but no "applications").  So I'm wondering if any of those running processes are taken by the Task Scheduler to mean that "computer is not idle"?  And if so, what can I do to address that?

(By the way, I have consulted the article at https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa383561(v=vs.85).aspx.  It says that "The computer is considered idle if all the processors and all the disks were idle for more than 90% of the last detection interval." I don't know how that criterion applies to my situation.)

This point matters to me because I'm setting up this Win7 computer to be a backup machine for the other computers on my home LAN.  I want it to shut down after the nightly automatic backups, which begin at 1 am, have completed.  So I've set the shutdown to be triggered at 2am, but set the idle interval so that it doesn't shut down in the case where an unusually long backup is still running at that time.

~ Thanks in advance for your help!

~ Ken

Answer 3

Is there a way to automatically shutdown all running programs at a certain time each day?  Windows 7.

Thank you,

Andy

Answer 4

I have this working for me now and it's working great. 

The problem I have, is that I need my computer to shutdown on week days at 17:00 and in the weekends at 18:00. Any idea how I can get this done?

I would set 2 different tasks, a Weekend Shutdown and a Weekday Shutdown.  Instead of "Daily" choose "Weekly."  It'll allow you to choose the days of the week and the times.  I have mine set to only shutdown on Thurs., Fri, & Sat. at a specific time.  If I wanted it to do at different times on other days, I'd just create a different task.