shutdown.exe (Question)

[tayspen]

If i were tto implement somthing like this :idea:

cmd \k shutdown.exe -r

on a button click would that saftley restart y comp. from that app. if not how would i do this :?:

[tayspen]

google is letting me down :(

[plazmo]

try this:

using System.Diagnostics;

ProcessStartInfo startinfo = new ProcessStartInfo("shutdown.exe","-r");
Process.Start(startinfo);

[tayspen]

try this:

using System.Diagnostics;

ProcessStartInfo startinfo = new ProcessStartInfo("shutdown.exe","-r");
Process.Start(startinfo);

hmmm the r stands for restart so is l logoff?

[plazmo]

-i                      Display GUI interface, must be the first option
        -l                      Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
        -s                      Shutdown the computer
        -r                      Shutdown and restart the computer
        -a                      Abort a system shutdown
        -m \\computername       Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
        -t xx                   Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
        -c "comment"            Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
        -f                      Forces running applications to close without war
ning
        -d [u][p]:xx:yy         The reason code for the shutdown
                                u is the user code
                                p is a planned shutdown code
                                xx is the major reason code (positive integer le
ss than 256)
                                yy is the minor reason code (positive integer le
ss than 65536)

-l would be logoff

[tayspen]

Tahnk you and is thissafe for the computer?

[plazmo]

yeah its safe, its no different then going to cmd and using it

[tayspen]

yeah its safe, its no different then going to cmd and using it

lol ok thanks so i guess its safe there

[j4nu5]

-i                      Display GUI interface, must be the first option
        -l                      Log off (cannot be used with -m option)
        -s                      Shutdown the computer
        -r                      Shutdown and restart the computer
        -a                      Abort a system shutdown
        -m \\computername       Remote computer to shutdown/restart/abort
        -t xx                   Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds
        -c "comment"            Shutdown comment (maximum of 127 characters)
        -f                      Forces running applications to close without war
ning
        -d [u][p]:xx:yy         The reason code for the shutdown
                                u is the user code
                                p is a planned shutdown code
                                xx is the major reason code (positive integer le
ss than 256)
                                yy is the minor reason code (positive integer le
ss than 65536)

-l would be logoff

I had an idea for a program and saw this. Thank you for the advice, it really helped; however, I am not sure how to implement it all...

... when using the following commands, what is the correct way to input it?

following the example code given earlier, I typed:
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("shutdown.exe", "-m \\COMPUTERNAME");

upon clicking the button this code was written for, nothing happened on the computer I was trying to shut down, though (unfortunately) my computer restarted after approximately 30 seconds. I don't think I input it correctly, or I was attempting to do something -m wasn't meant to do?

Also, when I typed "-t 10" (wanting the computer to shut down 10 seconds after the button was clicked, nothing happened.

Wat am I doing wrong?
Thanks for the help
j4nu5

[Groblin]

But why you use shutdown.exe?

There are API functions: ExitWindows, ExitWindowsEx, InitiateSystemShutdown, InitiateSystemShutdownEx. Try this.

[j4nu5]

I was trying to do it with the shutdown.exe because I did not know about this way.

For the API functions do I just need to be

using System;

or is there something else I would need to "use" in order for it to work.

thanks

[peterpollen]

Yes - API is the perfect way of doing it. Spawning a command prompt etc. eventually under Vista (UAC) will create a lot of undesirable results.

Look up DllImport attibute for calling APIs in .NET.