I'm using a Dell Inspiron N5110 running Windows 7. Please tell me how to shutdown my laptop automatically if I'm away from it for 30 minutes or more.
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Do you really want to shut down, or simply sleep or hibernate? (Or simply lock?) If you shut down you lose any work you were in the middle of.– Daniel R HicksCommented Sep 13, 2013 at 12:18
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@Daniel R Hicks : if i m downloading something, will it be download after hibernate or sleep– ToothlessCommented Sep 13, 2013 at 12:20
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1Unclear: Do you mean, will a download that completes before sleep/hibernate be available after "reawakening"? If so, yes. But sleeping/hibernating in the middle of a download will probably (but not certainly) cause the download to fail.– Daniel R HicksCommented Sep 13, 2013 at 16:57
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You can do this with task scheudler and a bat file
Create a bat file by: open notepad, and type the string
shutdown.exe /s /t 00
Save this file to your My Documents directory and name it Shutdown.bat (note the .bat extension and not .txt).
Then, open Task Scheulder (type task s from start menu)
Create a new task (not basic)
Give it a name
On idle
In Conditions tab, select start the task only if the computer is idle for 30 minutes
Now, in Actions tab, click New start a program and brose for your .bat file.
Click OK until it's saved!
All done!
As an aside, just be careful in regards that you may lose unsaved work; Also, this may not be desirable if a background update is running or a download etc
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@techie007, are you able to move this for me, or should I just copy and paste it over?– DaveCommented Sep 13, 2013 at 11:54
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I can't move it. IMO I'd say yeah, just C&P -- or perhaps flag it to get a mod involved? :) Commented Sep 13, 2013 at 13:45