# XP Shutdown Shortcut

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-shutdown-shortcut/115614>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 24, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-shutdown-shortcut/115614 "2002-06-24T00:09:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![war1000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dec6dc/32.png) [@war1000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/war1000)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-shutdown-shortcut/115614/1 "2002-06-24T00:09:58Z")

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Hi,  
I created a shortcut (Stutdown -s -t 05) to shutdown my pc autometically. It shuts down but takes me to the screen where it says “It is safe to turn off the computer”. So I have to press the power button again. This doesn’t happen if i do it normally (from the start menu). So the power button thingi beats the whole purpose of the shortcut. Please help if anyone knows how to solve this problem.  
Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Snetho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Snetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snetho)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xp-shutdown-shortcut/115614/2 "2002-06-24T00:41:04Z")

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