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Automaticly close running program/process in Windows 10

I need to force a program or the process to stop so I can automatically reboot a windows 10 computer. I use to use psshutdown on a XP machine that would force the shutdown which automatically closed my PowerPoint slideshow but that doesn't seem to work with Win 10. If nothing is running then I can automatically reboot the computer using task scheduler but I need a way to force PowerPoint slideshow to close so nothing is running.

Mr Tortu(r)e

Hi,
does the old command work or not?

shutdown -r -force
you can add -t xxxx with xxxx in seconds to schedule, or task scheduler yes.

nestey

ASKER

just tried it no it does not work, I have already tried shutdown -t 0 -r -f and that didn't work. Seems like if anything is opened it will not force a reboot

Mr Tortu(r)e

Ok.
So the issue is that the /force option does not work. But is the system really accepting the command "shutdown" on Windows 10 or not?

I found that link, which provide a lot of useless info at start, but you will find powershell command at bottom, that might help you :
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/7418-shut-down-computer-windows-10-a.html

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nestey

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Shutdown -f -r - t 0 works

Thanks

McKnife

That does, but
shutdown -t 0 -r -f
does not? That would be most weird.