Run shutdown.exe

[RedneckTech]

so my sisters leave the computer on all the time and ive had a request to make a script. after time=x. heres what ive got:

#include <Timers.au3>
#include <Date.au3>

$Timeout = $desiredtime
$File = "C:\ShutdownLog\Log.txt"
$Directory = "C:\ShutdownLog"
$uFile = @UserProfileDir & "\SDLog.txt"
$FileHandle = FileOpen($File, 1)
$uFileHandle = FileOpen($uFile, 1)
If FileExists($File) = 0 Then
   DirCreate($Directory)
EndIf
While 1
   $TimeIdle = _Timer_GetIdleTime()
   If $TimeIdle >= $Timeout Then
   FileWriteLine ($FileHandle, "Shutdown at: " & _NowCalc() & " Logged on user was: " & @UserName)
   FileWriteLine ($uFileHandle, "Shutdown at: " & _NowCalc() & " while you were logged on")
   Run (@ComSpec & " /c " & "Shutdown.exe -s -t 01", "", @SW_HIDE)
   EndIf
WEnd

main problem is the line:

Run (@ComSpec & " /c " & "Shutdown.exe -s -t 01", "", @SW_HIDE)

when it runs the computer just sits, and sits, and sits at the shutdown window to the point of holding the power button after 20 min. and before that i get popups saying that the process has failed to start. Test System = Win7 Pro and final system = Winxp home.

any ideas whats wrong with this?

[somdcomputerguy]

Try using AutoIt's native Shutdown() function.

[RedneckTech]

oo. thank you. did not know about that one... difference between shutdown and powerdown? (1 & 8 respectively)

[somdcomputerguy]

difference between shutdown and powerdown?

Try them one at a time and see what happens. I would guess that it's simply two different ways to do the same thing, but I do not know exactly.

[RedneckTech]

thanks man.

[RedneckTech]

oo. thanks for the heads up. thats important.. thanks

will be edited as such

[somdcomputerguy]

Yes, 69355, thank you for clarifying that.