

It's best practice to reset Windows so the new owner sees the first-run setup screens. This raises an issue when you're resetting a device ready for sale. Once you've booted your PC, you have to work your way through setup until you reach the desktop, at which point you can safely shutdown. Tip: Find how to undo auto shutdown in 3 Ways to Cancel Auto Shutdown in Windows 10.Windows 10's setup experience doesn't provide any obvious way to shutdown your computer. Step 9: Click Finish to complete the task creation and bring the task into effect. Step 8: Enter –s as the argument and click Next. Step 7: Click the Browse button, open Disk C/ Windows/ System32, choose the exe file named shutdown and hit Open. Step 6: Select Start a program and tap Next. Step 5: Set the start time of the task and click Next. Step 4: Choose when the task starts from Daily, Weekly, Monthly, One time, When the computer starts, When I log on and When a specific event is logged, and then hit Next. Step 3: Type Shutdown as the task name and click Next. Step 2: Tap Create Basic Task on the right. Way 4: Create a basic task named Shutdown. Open Windows PowerShell by searching, input shutdown –s –t 1800 (i.e. Way 3: Set auto shutdown in Windows PowerShell. Way 2: Set auto shutdown via Command Prompt. Tip: The number in the run command represents the value of seconds.įor example, if you want your PC to automatically shut down in 10 minutes, the command to be entered is shutdown –s –t 600.Īfter finishing this setting, the system will prompt you about the auto shutdown time, as shown in the following screen shot. Show Run by Windows+R, type shutdown –s –t number and tap OK. 4 ways to set auto shutdown in Windows 10:
