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re: Shutdown using batch file
Tuesday, January 8, 2002 at 7:48 am
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Posted by Sebastian (1 messages posted)


Walter Zackery's script perfectly works under 2k :-)


On Monday, December 3, 2001 at 9:20 am, Vito Amato wrote:
>The following batch file, written by Walter Zackery, works for NT but I have not 
>tested it for 2k.
>
>@ECHO OFF & cd/d %temp% & echo [version] > {out}.inf
>(set inf=InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall)
>echo signature=$chicago$ >> {out}.inf
>echo [defaultinstall] >> {out}.inf
>rundll32 setupapi,%inf% 1 %temp%\{out}.inf
>del {out}.inf
>
>The Resource Kit utility syntax is as follows:
>Release 2.0 written by A. Blatzheim 1993 at Microsoft GmbH 
>Usage: SHUTDOWN [/?] [\\Computer] [/L] [/A] [/R] [/T:xx] ["Msg"] [/Y] [/C] 
>
>/?    Shows the help screen.
>\\Computer    Specifies a remote computer to shutdown.
>/L    Specifies a local shutdown.
>/A    Abortes a system shutdown. This is only possible during the timeout period. 
>If this switch is used all others are ignored.
>/R    Specifies that the machine should reboot after shutdown.
>/T:xx    Sets the timer for system shutdown in seconds.[20 sec. default]
>"Msg"    Specifies an additional message. 
>/Y    Answer all following questions with yes.
>/C    Forces running applications to close.
>		
>ATTENTION: If you use the /C parameter NT ignores the application's option to save 
>data which may have changed. You will see no File-Save dialog box because NT will 
>force the application to close. This will result in a loss of all data not previously 
>saved!!!



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re: Shutdown using batch file (Vito Amato: Monday, December 3, 2001 at 9:20 am)

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-Shutdown using batch file (Afzal Sher: Sat, Aug 18, 2001, 1:55 am)
-re: Shutdown using batch file (Vito Amato: Mon, Dec 3, 2001, 9:20 am)
*re: Shutdown using batch file (Sebastian: Tue, Jan 8, 2002, 7:48 am)
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