Shutdown schedule on Windows - 30/03/2025

Follow these instructions to have a button on your desktop that when double clicked, asks how many minutes before shutting down, and after the inputted time shuts down the computer.

Step 0:

Open file explorer. Ensure that "Show File name extensions" is enabled. Refer to below image.

Step 1:

Create a file called shutdown_scheldule.txt

Step 2:

Open the file. If asked which program to open it with, use notepad.

Step 3:

Paste the following content into the file:

@echo off

set /p minutes=Enter the number of minutes until shutdown:

set /a seconds=%minutes% * 60

shutdown -s -t %seconds%

Step 4:

Save the file (CTRL + S) and exit it.

Step 5:

Rename the .txt part at the end of the file to .cmd

Step 6:

Double click the file and it should open a "terminal". Type in the amount of minutes until shutdown and then click ENTER. This should be it!

Whenever you need to schedule your computer to shutdown, all you need to do is double click this file and enter the amount of time!

Thank you for reading to the end, and if you have any questions or comments don't hesitate to contact me at makrypodisc@hotmail.com