Sometimes you might want to schedule certain tasks, especially if you don’t have enough time to do them manually. If you want to learn more about how to schedule to shutdown you computer automatically, today we’re going to show you how to schedule shutdown on Windows 10 (for window 8 and 7 are similar).
- Start Task Scheduler by going to the Start Menu typing schedule in the Search bar and choosing Schedule tasks.
- When Task Scheduler opens click the Create Basic Task.
- Enter the name for your task, for example Shutdown.
- Now choose When do you want the task to start. In our case we’ll choose One time.
- Now enter the time and date when the task will be executed.
- Next choose Start a program.
- Click the Browse button and go to C:\Windows\System32 and select a file called shutdown (or shutdown.exe). Then click Open.
- Now just in Add arguments field add -s, and then click Next.
- Now you should see the task information. You can check it one last time, and if you’re pleased with your settings click Finish to schedule a shutdown.
OK, it done. Enjoy it.
