Shutdown.exe problem...

Does anyone else use Shutdown.exe?

I would like to use this in conjunction with the windows scheduled task agent to shut down my machine as an automated process.

Ive used it on my machine (WinXP home, Full Version) but am having problems with it not completely shutting down, when initiated.

What it does do when it shuts down, is move to the 'you can now power off' screen (i never thought i would see that again, post win98!).

I am aware that there are command line switches when using this at a dos prompt, but am unsure if any of these can solve the problem.

Shouldn't shutdown.exe completely shut down the PC, rather than leaving it on awaiting the off switch? :confused:

Is there somthing within the power management that i am missing?

Please help and many thanks for you input.

Does it shut down normally if you use shutdown from the start menu? It shouldn't be different from the command line shutdown.exe.

Check under you power settings;

display properties, screen saver, power.

See if there's a tab for APM, if so, then make sure that the box for APM support is checked.

I have the same issue - numerous machines (95, 98SE, 2000 Pro, 2000 Svr, 2000 Adv Svr, XP Pro) which poweroff fine with the power button or Start|Shutdown but get to an "it's now safe to turn off" screen with shutdown.exe or psshutdown.exe. Haven't found a fix yet.

Yes, the machine shuts down and powers off fine during the normal shutdown process (start-shutdown).

But differs when using the shutdown.exe. strange huh?

I will re-check my APM settings.....


Thanks.

It's not your settings, shutdown.exe only shuts down windows, not the PC. This is intentional, although I'm not sure why. Thank you MS.

http://www.aumha.org/downloads/shutdown.zip is a shutdown utility that might work for you.

tsshutdn.exe is a ms carryover from win2k that is designed to shutdown a server, but should (usually) work in XP, too.
Run it from the command line with the /? switch to figure out more about it.