These can be used while starting Timed Shutdown to automatically configure it. This can be useful if you regularly want to start the program with the same settings e.g. at the end of a batch file.

-trigger clock HHMMSS

This is how to use the Clock trigger. Replace HHMMSS with the time in Hours, Minutes and Seconds you want the shutdown to commence.

e.g. "123456" represents 12:34:56 PM. The time MUST be entered in 24 hour format and ALL SIX digits must be used. This means if you wanted to set the time for 1 o'clock in the morning you would use "010000".

NOTE: The hours should be between 00 and 23, and the minutes and seconds should be between 00 and 59.

-trigger timer HHMMSS

This is how to use the Timer trigger. Similar to the Clock trigger, the trailing "HHMMSS" are used to set the hours, minutes and seconds. Instead of setting the time you want the shutdown though, set how long you want to pass before the shutdown.

e.g. "123456" will be triggered after 12 hours, 34 minutes and 56 seconds.

NOTE: The hours should be between 00 and 23 and the minutes and seconds between 00 and 59. The maximum countdown is 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds.

-trigger now

This trigger will immediately start the shutdown.

NOTE: The final countdown will be used to stop accidental shutdowns. If you want to override this, set the countdown to zero using -countdown 0

-action ACTION

This is how you set what the program should do when triggered. Replace ACTION with one of the following:

• Hibernate
• Lock
• Logoff
• Restart
• Shutdown
• Standby

NOTE: If there is no action switch present, the default will be to Shutdown.

-countdown SS

Use this switch to set how many seconds the final countdown should be. Replace SS with the number of seconds. If no value is set, the default value of 60 will be used.

NOTE: The number of seconds has to be between 0 and 60.

-force

This tells the program to use force when shutting down (see the FAQ for an explanation of the Force option). I recommend you use this when you want to be absolutely sure your computer shuts down no matter what.

Restart at 2:30 PM (default 60 second final countdown, don't use force):

Timed Shutdown.exe -trigger clock 143000 -action restart

Shutdown after 12 minutes. (final countdown of 10 seconds, use force):

Timed Shutdown.exe -trigger timer 001200 -force -countdown 10

Shutdown immediately. (no final countdown, use force):

Timed Shutdown.exe -trigger now -countdown 0 -force