{"id":32446,"date":"2022-08-22T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T01:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/?p=32446"},"modified":"2023-10-13T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T08:15:02","slug":"3-free-tools-shutdown-restart-windows-7-computer-fixed-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/3-free-tools-shutdown-restart-windows-7-computer-fixed-times","title":{"rendered":"Free tools to Auto Shutdown, Restart Windows computer at fixed times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Yesterday, we saw how to schedule <a title=\"Schedule Shutdown or Restarts in Windows 7 using the Task Scheduler\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/schedule-shutdown-restarts-windows-7-task-schedular\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shutdowns or Restarts in Windows using the Task Scheduler<\/a>. While you can always use the <a title=\"Shutdown computer after particular time\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/abort-system-shutdown-windows\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shutdown \/s \/t<\/a>\u00a0 command and create a desktop shortcut to delay the shutdown of your Windows computer and make it shut down after a particular time,\u00a0if you really need to time your shutdown or restarts frequently, then you may want to check out these freeware apps.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Auto Shutdown, Restart Windows 11\/10<\/h2>\n<p>These free software will allow you to shut down, reboot, log off, hibernate or sleep your Windows PC at particular times.<\/p>\n<h3>1] Simple Shutdown Timer<\/h3>\n<p>This one is a nice app I found on the Internet\u00a0last night when\u00a0my Internet downloads were expected to take an hour or two, and I was feeling sleepy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/shutdown-timer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-32447\" title=\"shutdown-timer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/shutdown-timer-400x137.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/shutdown-timer-400x137.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/shutdown-timer-150x51.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/shutdown-timer.jpg 498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcwintech.com\/simple-shutdown-timer\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The utility<\/a> is very simple to use and quite self-explanatory. Say you are waiting for a task or maybe a download to finish in an hour &#8211; and you don&#8217;t expect to be around to manually shut it down. Using this app, you can schedule and enter the time; you could shut it down anytime after an hour.<\/p>\n<p>Looking around today, I came across a few more similar tools!<\/p>\n<h3>2] Windows Reboot<\/h3>\n<p>It is another app that does the same thing. <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsreboot.sourceforge.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">This tool<\/a> can do the following things:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/windows-reboot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32448\" title=\"windows-reboot\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/windows-reboot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/windows-reboot.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/windows-reboot-146x150.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/windows-reboot-391x400.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shut down the system at a specified time<\/li>\n<li>Lock the user interface<\/li>\n<li>Log off the current user<\/li>\n<li>Reboot &#8211; restarts the system.<\/li>\n<li>Power off &#8211; also interrupts the power on the motherboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3] VJ Shutdown Timer<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/time-shutdown.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32449\" title=\"time-shutdown\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/time-shutdown.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/time-shutdown.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/time-shutdown-150x87.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My colleague Vasu Jain has also released <a href=\"http:\/\/windowsvj.com\/wpblog\/downloads\/windows-apps\/VJSDT.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">VJ Shutdown Timer<\/a> which does the same things.<\/p>\n<h3>3] PowerOff Timer<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-441754\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/power-off-timer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/power-off-timer.png 428w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/power-off-timer-300x230.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for a <strong>Windows Store app<\/strong>, try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/poweroff-timer\/9nd0vqh5xckf\" target=\"_blank\">PowerOff Timer<\/a>. It allows you to set <strong>Windows 10<\/strong> to shut down at a specific time. It will minimize in the system tray and run silently in the background.<\/p>\n<h3>4] Other tools<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-119903\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTG-Ninja-Shutdown-600x430.jpg\" alt=\"RTG Ninja Shutdown\" width=\"600\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTG-Ninja-Shutdown.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTG-Ninja-Shutdown-150x108.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/RTG-Ninja-Shutdown-400x287.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More shutdown tools that may interest you: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/toff-power-saver-shutdown-scheduler-for-windows-pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TOff<\/a> | <a title=\"AMP WinOFF Review &amp; Free Download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/amp-winoff-free-download-review\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AMP WinOFF<\/a> |\u00a0<a title=\"kshutdown download\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/kshutdown-download-review\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">KShutdown<\/a>\u00a0| \u00a0SuperFast Shutdown | Ninja Shutdown.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TIP<\/strong>: You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewindowsclub.com\/how-to-schedule-an-automatic-shutdown-in-windows-10-using-command-prompt\">schedule an Automatic Shutdown using Command Prompt<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you know of any more similar free software, please do share in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we saw how to schedule Shutdowns or Restarts in Windows using the Task Scheduler. While you can always use the Shutdown \/s \/t\u00a0 command and create a desktop shortcut to delay the shutdown of your Windows computer and make it shut down after a particular time,\u00a0if you really need to time your shutdown or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14,226],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.5 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Free tools to schedule shutdown, restart in Windows at fixed times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looking for Windows Auto Shutdown tools? 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