Auto shutdown tool?

KiiYzOo

KiiYzOo

KiiYzOo

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do you guys know of any software the automatically shuts down your pc after downloads on origin finishes?

I'm having to re download bf3 and I don't want to leave my pc on all night, and since origin puts the download to 0% if you close the program, I just want to see if it is possible?
 
What I do is start the download then run the shutdown /t xxx /f command where 'xxx' is how long in seconds before the shutdown happens, which is set depending on how long is left on the download. If it says 2 hours then obviously the /t switch would be 7200.

If the download goes slower then worse case scenario is that you have 30mins more download time the next day. Or just add an extra 30mins/1hr if you want to be sure it completes and aren't bothered by a few mins of idle PC guzzling power.

This is much easier than download third party software, and Origin would want to install BF3 as well which means clicking Yes to UAC or Next to the installer.
 
Just create a batch file and keep it on your desktop thats wat i do. Open notepad and type shutdown /t 7200 /f then go file save as, call it shutdown timer.bat dont forget the .bat at the end of the file save name very important :). Now just double click the icon on your desktop and you will get a message pop up saying your computer will shut down in ....... What ever number you typed in after the /t command

Job done :)
 
You might need to run the bat as administrator.

If you decide you want to abort the shutdown for any reason, then run this command
shutdown /a
 
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