How to distinguish shutdown from reboot

Question

Following this answer I'm using a batch file to copy some files from my C: drive to another drive on shutdown. Due to the amount of the files this may take up to a few minutes. This is not a problem if I really shutdown my machine. But sometimes I need to just reboot and the batch file is then executed as well. Is there any possibility to find out in my batch file whether I'm rebooting or shutting down?

Answer 1

How can I distinguish a shutdown from a reboot?

You can use the following script:

@echo off
for /f "tokens=3 delims= " %%i in ('wevtutil qe system /c:1 /rd:true /f:text /q:"*[System/EventID=1074]" ^| findstr /c:"Shutdown Type"') do (
    set shutdownType=%%i
)
if ["%shutdownType%"]==["shutdown"] (
    :: your shutdown code here
) else (
    :: if not a shutdown, do something else
)

Source: How to detect a shutdown or reboot?

As per comment from harrymc please also read and take note of this answer.