batch files

[Suhas M]

i have heard that u can use batch files to automate tasks..can someone write me a batch file which will shutdown my system (win2000) at the following intervals
9:45 am
10:30 am
11:40 am
1:45 pm
2:30 pm

will it be enough if i click on the batch file once? can i delete it later, after clicking on it?

[Lucky_star]

Why don't you use auto shutdown softwares like Autopoweron and Shutdown

[Suhas M]

i don't want to use these softwares, thats why i'm going for batch files

[Lucky_star]

For shutting down or restarting, this might help.

shutdown.exe -s -t xx

Here s stands for shutdown and t stands for the number of seconds in xx before shutdown.

I don't know how to set a particular time for that using DOS commands.

You can make a batch file out of it and later use Windows Scheduler to run it at your required times.

[ApoorvKhatreja]

@ echo off
shutdown -s -t xx

Replace the xx with the time limit after which computer is to be shutdown. If you want immediate shutdown, with no delay, set the xx value to 0.

[Suhas M]

is possible to shutdown the system once every hour?

[ApoorvKhatreja]

Yes. Save this as anything.bat. Then using FDM (Free Download Manager), schedule it to run every 1 hours.