1. How does the date option work?
2. Where have the non-time based triggers gone?
3. What is the 'HH:MM:SS' timer option?
4. What's the 'Forcibly close any open programs' option for?
5. How do I see how much time is remaining before shutdown?
6. How do cancel a shutdown or change the settings?
7. How do I disable the final countdown?
8. How do I abort the final countdown?
Not found in the legacy version of the program, you can now specify a date as well as a time. This allows for you to schedule a shutdown more than 24 hours in advance. Simply select the "Clock" trigger, enter the time and then choose the date you want from the drop-down box:
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In previous versions of Timed Shutdown (now legacy) there was a CPU usage, and an internet connection trigger. These have not been transferred to the new version yet, but it is planned that they will be incorporated at a later date along with some new triggers.
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HH:MM:SS denotes the format Hours, Minutes, Seconds. It is intended for when you need a timer value that doesn't fit into a whole unit. e.g. instead of 2 or 3 hours you want 2 hours, 10 minutes and 30 seconds:
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When a shutdown, restart or log off is triggered, Windows will try and close any running programs. When a program is closing it may prompt the user to take action e.g. to confirm the close, or choose to save or discard an open file.
At this point, if force isn't selected then the shutdown\restart\log off will be aborted. If however force is selected, then all programs will be made to close regardless of any data that may be lost.
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When you click 'GO', the program gets minimized to the System Tray (bottom-right hand corner of the Start Bar):
Hover over the icon to see the details of the shutdown, or left-click it to bring up the status window:
The top-left box shows the current date and time, and the top-right one shows the target date and time. The bottom box shows the remaining time till shutdown in Days, Hours, Minutes and Seconds. You can click the red "Abort" button on the right-hand side to cancel the shutdown, or close the window to continue.
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When you click 'GO', the program gets minimized to the System Tray (bottom right hand corner of the Start Bar). You can left-click the icon to bring up the status window, or right-click it to access some options directly:
To alter the details of the shutdown, click on "Change Settings". This will take you back to the main window. Or if you want to cancel the shutdown completely, click on "Abort and Exit". This will cancel the shutdown and close the program. Alternatively you can choose the "Show Status" option (same as left-clicking the system tray icon) and bring up the status window:
From here you can click the red "Abort" button on the right-hand side to cancel the shutdown and return to the main window.
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To stop unwanted shutdowns it is not possible to disable the final countdown.
If you are starting the program from the command line though, you can set the number of seconds used in the final countdown.
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When the final countdown is running, you can cancel it by either clicking on the red 'Abort' button on the right-hand side, or by pressing the 'Escape' key.
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