In this little article I will tell you how you can shutdown your PC with the help of Windows Run Menu which can be quickly launched by pressing Windows + R.
Though it is easier to turn off the system through the Start Menu, but if you want to schedule your shutdown, say after 5 minutes, then this article will be useful to you.
Open the Run Menu (Windows + R)
Type in the following command: shutdown -s -t 60
-s starts the process of shutdown
-t schedules the shutdown for a particular time interval
60 is the time interval in seconds. You can change it to anything. For example if you type 300 instead of 60 then your system will shutdown after 300 seconds i.e. 5 minutes. Its your call, you can give any possible time interval.
If you type shutdown -s only then the system will shutdown after a default time interval of 60 seconds.
-t is used for your convenience.
In case you have initiated the shutdown process but soon realize that you still have some thing left to do then you need not panic. You can always abort the process. To do so type in the following command: shutdown -a
-a aborts/stops the shutdown process.
