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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other uses, see <a href="Shutdown_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Shutdown (disambiguation)">Shutdown</a>.</div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Shutdown.exe" redirects here. For the album, see <a href="Shutdown.exe_(album)" title="Shutdown.exe (album)">Shutdown.exe (album)</a>.</div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Shutdown -r" redirects here. For the episode of <i>Mr. Robot</i>, see <a href="Shutdown_-r_(Mr._Robot)" title="Shutdown -r (Mr. Robot)">Shutdown -r (Mr. Robot)</a>.</div>
<div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Power down" redirects here. For the book, see <a href="Power_Down%3A_Options_and_Actions_for_a_Post-Carbon_World" class="mw-redirect" title="Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World">Power Down: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World</a>.</div>
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<p>To <b>shut down</b> or <b>power off</b> a computer is to <a href="Switch" title="Switch">remove power</a> from a computer's main components in a controlled way. After a computer is shut down, main components such as <a href="Central_processing_unit" title="Central processing unit">CPUs</a>, <a href="Random-access_memory" title="Random-access memory">RAM</a> modules and <a href="Hard_disk_drive" title="Hard disk drive">hard disk drives</a> are powered down, although some internal components, such as an internal clock, may retain power.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementations">Implementations</h2></div>
<p>The shutdown feature and <a href="Command_(computing)" title="Command (computing)">command</a> is available in <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="ReactOS" title="ReactOS">ReactOS</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="Hewlett-Packard" title="Hewlett-Packard">HP</a> <a href="HP_Multi-Programming_Executive" title="HP Multi-Programming Executive">MPE/iX</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in a number of <a href="Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a> and <a href="Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a> operating systems such as <a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Microsoft_Windows_and_ReactOS">Microsoft Windows and ReactOS</h3></div>

<p>In <a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Microsoft Windows</a> and <a href="ReactOS" title="ReactOS">ReactOS</a>, a PC or server is shut down by selecting the <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886049734">
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</style><span class="monospaced">Shutdown</span> item from the <a href="Start_menu" title="Start menu">Start menu</a> on the desktop. Options include shutting down the system and powering off, automatically restarting the system after shutting down, or putting the system into <a href="Standby_mode" class="mw-redirect" title="Standby mode">stand-by mode</a>.
</p><p>Just like other operating systems, Windows has the option to prohibit selected users from shutting down a computer. On a home PC, every user may have the shutdown option, but in computers on large networks (such as <a href="Active_Directory" title="Active Directory">Active Directory</a>), an administrator can revoke the access rights of selected users to shut down a Windows computer. Nowadays there are many software utilities which can automate the task of shutting down a Windows computer, enabling automatic computer control. The Windows Shutdown website lists various software utilities to automate the task of shutting down.
</p><p>In Windows, a program can shut down the system by calling the <code>ExitWindowsEx</code> or <code>NtShutdownSystem</code> function.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">shutdown</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption">The <code>shutdown</code> command on <a href="Windows_10" title="Windows 10">Windows 10</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>, ReactOS Contributors</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Microsoft_Windows" title="Microsoft Windows">Windows</a>, <a href="ReactOS" title="ReactOS">ReactOS</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Command_(computing)" title="Command (computing)">Command</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_license" title="Software license">License</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Windows: <a href="Proprietary_software" title="Proprietary software">Proprietary</a> <a href="Commercial_software" title="Commercial software">commercial software</a><br>
ReactOS: <a href="GNU_General_Public_License" title="GNU General Public License">GNU General Public License</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/shutdown">docs<wbr>.microsoft<wbr>.com<wbr>/en-us<wbr>/windows-server<wbr>/administration<wbr>/windows-commands<wbr>/shutdown</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>There is also a <code>shutdown</code> <a href="Command_(computing)" title="Command (computing)">command</a> that can be executed within a <a href="Shell_(computing)" title="Shell (computing)">command shell</a> window. <code><a href="Shutdown.exe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shutdown.exe">shutdown.exe</a></code> is the <a href="Command-line_interface" title="Command-line interface">command-line</a> shutdown application (located in <b>%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that can shut down the user's computer or another computer on the user's network. Different parameters allow different functions. More than one parameter can be used at a time for this command.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<td>-l
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<td>Logs off a user. This is the default even without using any parameters.
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<td>-a
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<td>Stops shutdown.exe. It is used during a time-out period.
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<td>-f
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<td>Kills all running applications.
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<td>-s
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<td>Turns off the computer.
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<td><span id="-r">-r</span>
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<td>Shuts down and reboots a computer.
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<td>-m[\\ <i>Computer Name</i>]
</td>
<td>When shutting down a network computer, allows user to choose
<p>which computer to turn off.
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<td>-t xx
</td>
<td>Timer before shut down occurs.
<p>By default it is set to 30 seconds.
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<td>-c "<i>message"</i>
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<td>Allows a message to be shown in the System Shutdown window.
<p>It can not be more than 127 characters.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Apple_macOS">Apple macOS</h3></div>

<p>In <a href="Apple_Inc." title="Apple Inc.">Apple</a> <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> the computer can be shut down by choosing "Shut Down…" from the <a href="Apple_Menu" class="mw-redirect" title="Apple Menu">Apple Menu</a>, by pressing <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1249182868">
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</style><kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Control</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Power</kbd> key/button (or <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Media Eject</kbd> key), or by pressing the power key to bring up the power management dialog box and selecting button "Shut down". An administrator may also use the Unix <code>shutdown</code> <a href="Command_(computing)" title="Command (computing)">command</a> as well.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can also be shut down by pressing <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Control</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⌥ Option</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⌘ Command</kbd>+<kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Power</kbd> key/button (or <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">Media Eject</kbd> key) or clicking Shut Down on the Apple Menu while holding the <kbd class="keyboard-key nowrap">⌥ Option</kbd> key, but this will not prompt the user anything at all.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On newer and some older Apple computers, starting with <a href="Mac_OS_9" title="Mac OS 9">Mac OS 9</a>, the user is given a time limit in which the computer will automatically shut down if the user does not click the "Shut Down" button.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unix_and_Linux">Unix and Linux</h3></div>
<table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary">shutdown</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Original author(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Scott_James_Remnant" title="Scott James Remnant">Scott James Remnant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Programmer" title="Programmer">Developer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Canonical_(company)" title="Canonical (company)">Canonical</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Operating_system" title="Operating system">Operating system</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Unix-like" title="Unix-like">Unix-like</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="Software_categories#Categorization_approaches" title="Software categories">Type</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Command_(computing)" title="Command (computing)">Command</a></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p>In <a href="Unix" title="Unix">Unix</a> and <a href="Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a>, the <code>shutdown</code> command can be used to turn off or <a href="Booting" title="Booting">reboot</a> a computer. Only the <a href="Superuser" title="Superuser">superuser</a> or a user with special privileges can shut the system down.
</p><p>One commonly issued form of this command is <code>shutdown -h now</code>, which will shut down a system immediately. Another one is <code>shutdown -r now</code> to reboot. Another form allows the user to specify an exact time or a delay before shutdown: <code>shutdown -h 20:00</code> will turn the computer off at 8:00 PM, and <code>shutdown -r +1</code> will automatically reboot the machine in one minute of issuing the command.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Booting" title="Booting">Booting</a></li>
<li><a href="Hibernation_(computing)" title="Hibernation (computing)">Hibernation</a></li>
<li><a href="Sleep_mode" title="Sleep mode">Sleep mode</a></li>
<li><a href="Ctrl%2BAlt%2BDel" class="mw-redirect" title="Ctrl+Alt+Del">Ctrl+Alt+Del</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="neverexpand"><code><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://keith.github.io/xcode-man-pages/shutdown.8.html">shutdown(8)</a></code></span>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a href="Darwin_(operating_system)" title="Darwin (operating system)">Darwin</a> and <a href="MacOS" title="MacOS">macOS</a> System Manager's <a href="Man_page" title="Man page">Manual</a></span>
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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://support.apple.com/en-hk/HT201236">"Mac keyboard shortcuts"</a>. <i>Apple Support</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 November</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>
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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="neverexpand"><code><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://linux.die.net/man/8/shutdown">shutdown(8)</a></code></span>&nbsp;–&nbsp;<a href="Linux" title="Linux">Linux</a> Administration and Privileged Commands <a href="Man_page" title="Man page">Manual</a></span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>
<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFSpolsky2006" class="citation web cs1"><a href="Joel_Spolsky" title="Joel Spolsky">Spolsky, Joel</a> (21 November 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/11/21.html">"Choices = Headaches"</a>. <i>Joel on Software</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 August</span> 2010</span>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFStanek2008" class="citation book cs1">Stanek, William R. (2008). <i>Windows Command-Line Administrator's Pocket Consultant, 2nd Edition</i>. <a href="Microsoft_Press" title="Microsoft Press">Microsoft Press</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>978-0735622623</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFJohn_Paul_Mueller2010" class="citation book cs1">John Paul Mueller (2010). <i>Windows Command Line Administration Instant Reference</i>. <a href="Sybex" class="mw-redirect" title="Sybex">Sybex</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>978-0470650462</bdi>.</cite></li>
<li><cite id="CITEREFBarrett2012" class="citation book cs1">Barrett, Daniel J. (2012). <i>Macintosh Terminal Pocket Guide: Take Command of Your Mac</i>. <a href="O'Reilly_Media" title="O'Reilly Media">O'Reilly</a>. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>978-1449328986</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="COMMAND.COM" title="COMMAND.COM">COMMAND.COM</a></li>
<li><a href="Cmd.exe" title="Cmd.exe">Command Prompt</a></li>
<li><a href="PowerShell" title="PowerShell">PowerShell</a></li>
<li><a href="Recovery_Console" title="Recovery Console">Recovery Console</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Terminal_emulator" title="Terminal emulator">Terminals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Windows_Console" title="Windows Console">Windows Console</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Terminal" title="Windows Terminal">Windows Terminal</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">File system navigation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cd_(command)" title="Cd (command)">cd</a> (chdir)</li>
<li><a href="Dir_(command)" title="Dir (command)">dir</a></li>
<li><a href="Pushd_and_popd" title="Pushd and popd">popd</a></li>
<li><a href="Pushd_and_popd" title="Pushd and popd">pushd</a></li>
<li><a href="Tree_(command)" title="Tree (command)">tree</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">File management</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="ATTRIB" title="ATTRIB">attrib</a></li>
<li><a href="Cacls" title="Cacls">cacls</a></li>
<li><a href="Encrypting_File_System" title="Encrypting File System">cipher</a></li>
<li><a href="Compact_(computing)" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact (computing)">compact</a></li>
<li><a href="Copy_(command)" title="Copy (command)">copy</a></li>
<li><a href="Del_(command)" title="Del (command)">del</a> (erase)</li>
<li><a href="Deltree" class="mw-redirect" title="Deltree">deltree</a></li>
<li><a href="Cacls#icacls" title="Cacls">icacls</a></li>
<li><a href="Mkdir" title="Mkdir">mkdir</a> (md)</li>
<li><a href="Mklink" class="mw-redirect" title="Mklink">mklink</a></li>
<li><a href="Move_(command)" title="Move (command)">move</a></li>
<li><a href="Openfiles" class="mw-redirect" title="Openfiles">openfiles</a></li>
<li><a href="Recover_(command)" title="Recover (command)">recover</a></li>
<li><a href="Ren_(command)" title="Ren (command)">ren</a> (rename)</li>
<li><a href="Replace_(command)" title="Replace (command)">replace</a></li>
<li><a href="Rmdir" title="Rmdir">rmdir</a> (rd)</li>
<li><a href="Robocopy" title="Robocopy">robocopy</a></li>
<li><a href="Takeown" class="mw-redirect" title="Takeown">takeown</a></li>
<li><a href="XCOPY" title="XCOPY">xcopy</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Archiving</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">expand</a></li>
<li><a href="Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">extrac32</a></li>
<li><a href="Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">extract</a></li>
<li><a href="Cabinet_(file_format)" title="Cabinet (file format)">makecab</a></li>
<li><a href="Pax_(command)" title="Pax (command)">pax</a></li>
<li><a href="Tar_(computing)" title="Tar (computing)">tar</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Disk management</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CHKDSK" title="CHKDSK">chkdsk</a></li>
<li><a href="Convert_(command)" title="Convert (command)">convert</a></li>
<li><a href="Disk_Defragmenter_(Windows)" class="mw-redirect" title="Disk Defragmenter (Windows)">defrag</a></li>
<li><a href="Diskcomp" title="Diskcomp">diskcomp</a></li>
<li><a href="Diskcopy" title="Diskcopy">diskcopy</a></li>
<li><a href="Diskpart" title="Diskpart">diskpart</a></li>
<li><a href="Diskraid" class="mw-redirect" title="Diskraid">diskraid</a></li>
<li><a href="Shadow_Copy" title="Shadow Copy">diskshadow</a></li>
<li><a href="Drvspace" class="mw-redirect" title="Drvspace">drvspace</a></li>
<li><a href="Fdisk" title="Fdisk">fdisk</a></li>
<li><a href="Format_(command)" title="Format (command)">format</a></li>
<li><a href="Fsutil" class="mw-redirect" title="Fsutil">fsutil</a></li>
<li><a href="Label_(command)" title="Label (command)">label</a></li>
<li><a href="BitLocker" title="BitLocker">manage-bde</a></li>
<li><a href="MSCDEX" title="MSCDEX">MSCDEX</a></li>
<li><a href="Refsutil" class="mw-redirect" title="Refsutil">refsutil</a></li>
<li><a href="SUBST" title="SUBST">subst</a></li>
<li><a href="Microsoft_ScanDisk" title="Microsoft ScanDisk">scandisk</a></li>
<li><a href="SYS_(command)" title="SYS (command)">sys</a></li>
<li><a href="Vol_(command)" title="Vol (command)">vol</a></li>
<li><a href="Shadow_Copy" title="Shadow Copy">vssadmin</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Processes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="At_(command)" title="At (command)">at</a></li>
<li><a href="Exit_(command)" title="Exit (command)">exit</a></li>
<li><a href="Kill_(command)" title="Kill (command)">kill</a></li>
<li><a href="Runas" title="Runas">runas</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_service" title="Windows service">sc</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Task_Scheduler" title="Windows Task Scheduler">schtasks</a></li>

<li><a href="Start_(command)" title="Start (command)">start</a></li>
<li><a href="Taskkill" class="mw-redirect" title="Taskkill">taskkill</a></li>
<li><a href="Tasklist" title="Tasklist">tasklist</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Registry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="File_association" title="File association">assoc</a></li>
<li><a href="Ftype" title="Ftype">ftype</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Registry#Command_line_editing" title="Windows Registry">reg</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Registry#Command_line_editing" title="Windows Registry">regini</a></li>
<li><a href="Regsvr32" title="Regsvr32">regsvr32</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">User environment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="CHCP_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="CHCP (command)">chcp</a></li>
<li><a href="Cmdkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Cmdkey">cmdkey</a></li>
<li><a href="DATE_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="DATE (command)">date</a></li>
<li><a href="Graftabl" class="mw-redirect" title="Graftabl">graftabl</a></li>
<li><a href="Mode_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mode (command)">mode</a></li>
<li><a href="PATH_(variable)" title="PATH (variable)">path</a></li>
<li><a href="Environment_variable#DOS,_OS/2_and_Windows_(Command_Prompt)" title="Environment variable">set</a></li>
<li><a href="Setver" class="mw-redirect" title="Setver">setver</a></li>
<li><a href="Environment_variable#DOS,_OS/2_and_Windows_(Command_Prompt)" title="Environment variable">setx</a></li>
<li><a href="TIME_(command)" title="TIME (command)">time</a></li>
<li><a href="Title_(command)" title="Title (command)">title</a></li>
<li><a href="Ver_(command)" title="Ver (command)">ver</a></li>
<li><a href="Where_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="Where (command)">where</a></li>
<li><a href="Whoami" title="Whoami">whoami</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">File contents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Comp_(command)" title="Comp (command)">comp</a></li>
<li><a href="MS-DOS_Editor" title="MS-DOS Editor">edit</a></li>
<li><a href="Edlin" title="Edlin">edlin</a></li>
<li><a href="File_Compare" title="File Compare">fc</a></li>
<li><a href="Find_(Windows)" title="Find (Windows)">find</a></li>
<li><a href="Findstr" title="Findstr">findstr</a></li>
<li><a href="PRINT_(command)" title="PRINT (command)">print</a></li>
<li><a href="TYPE_(DOS_command)" title="TYPE (DOS command)">type</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Scripting_language" title="Scripting language">Scripting</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Choice_(command)" title="Choice (command)">choice</a></li>
<li><a href="Clipboard_(computing)" title="Clipboard (computing)">clip</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Script_Host" title="Windows Script Host">cscript</a></li>
<li><a href="DOSKEY" title="DOSKEY">doskey</a></li>
<li><a href="Echo_(command)" title="Echo (command)">echo</a></li>
<li><a href="For_loop" title="For loop">for</a></li>
<li><a href="Forfiles" title="Forfiles">forfiles</a></li>
<li><a href="Goto" title="Goto">goto</a></li>
<li><a href="Conditional_(computer_programming)" title="Conditional (computer programming)">if</a></li>
<li><a href="More_(command)" title="More (command)">more</a></li>
<li><a href="Pause_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pause (command)">pause</a></li>
<li><a href="Command-line_interface#Command_prompt" title="Command-line interface">prompt</a></li>
<li><a href="Comment_(computer_programming)" title="Comment (computer programming)">rem</a></li>
<li><a href="Timeout_(computing)" title="Timeout (computing)">timeout</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Networking</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Address_Resolution_Protocol" title="Address Resolution Protocol">arp</a></li>
<li><a href="Background_Intelligent_Transfer_Service" title="Background Intelligent Transfer Service">bitsadmin</a></li>
<li><a href="CURL" title="CURL">curl</a></li>
<li><a href="MAC_address" title="MAC address">getmac</a></li>
<li><a href="Hostname" title="Hostname">hostname</a></li>
<li><a href="Ipconfig" title="Ipconfig">ipconfig</a></li>
<li><a href="Nbtstat" class="mw-redirect" title="Nbtstat">nbtstat</a></li>
<li><a href="Net_(command)" title="Net (command)">net</a></li>
<li><a href="Netsh" title="Netsh">netsh</a></li>
<li><a href="Netstat" title="Netstat">netstat</a></li>
<li><a href="Nslookup" title="Nslookup">nslookup</a></li>
<li><a href="PathPing" title="PathPing">PathPing</a></li>
<li><a href="Ping_(networking_utility)" title="Ping (networking utility)">ping</a></li>
<li><a href="Rpcping" class="mw-redirect" title="Rpcping">rpcping</a></li>
<li><a href="Route_(command)" title="Route (command)">route</a></li>
<li><a href="Secure_copy_protocol" title="Secure copy protocol">scp</a></li>
<li><a href="Setspn" class="mw-redirect" title="Setspn">setspn</a></li>
<li><a href="Secure_file_transfer_program" title="Secure file transfer program">sftp</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenSSH" title="OpenSSH">ssh</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenSSH" title="OpenSSH">ssh-add</a></li>
<li><a href="Ssh-agent" title="Ssh-agent">ssh-agent</a></li>
<li><a href="Ssh-keygen" title="Ssh-keygen">ssh-keygen</a></li>
<li><a href="OpenSSH" title="OpenSSH">ssh-keyscan</a></li>
<li><a href="Traceroute" title="Traceroute">tracert</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Remote_Management" title="Windows Remote Management">winrm</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Remote_Management" title="Windows Remote Management">winrs</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Maintenance and care</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Auditpol" class="mw-redirect" title="Auditpol">auditpol</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Assessment_and_Deployment_Kit" title="Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit">dism</a></li>
<li><a href="Dispdiag" class="mw-redirect" title="Dispdiag">dispdiag</a></li>
<li><a href="Device_Manager#Driverquery_command" title="Device Manager">driverquery</a></li>
<li><a href="Event_Viewer" title="Event Viewer">eventcreate</a></li>
<li><a href="Event_Viewer" title="Event Viewer">eventtriggers</a></li>
<li><a href="Group_Policy" title="Group Policy">gpresult</a></li>
<li><a href="Group_Policy" title="Group Policy">gpupdate</a></li>
<li><a href="Logman" class="mw-redirect" title="Logman">logman</a></li>
<li><a href="Mofcomp" class="mw-redirect" title="Mofcomp">mofcomp</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Installer" title="Windows Installer">msiexec</a></li>
<li><a href="NTBackup" title="NTBackup">ntbackup</a></li>
<li><a href="Pentium_FDIV_bug#Software_patches" title="Pentium FDIV bug">pentnt</a></li>
<li><a href="Pnpunattend" class="mw-redirect" title="Pnpunattend">pnpunattend</a></li>
<li><a href="Pnputil" class="mw-redirect" title="Pnputil">pnputil</a></li>
<li><a href="REAgentC" class="mw-redirect" title="REAgentC">REAgentC</a></li>
<li><a href="Relog" class="mw-redirect" title="Relog">relog</a></li>
<li><a href="System_File_Checker" title="System File Checker">sfc</a></li>
<li><a href="Sxstrace" class="mw-redirect" title="Sxstrace">sxstrace</a></li>
<li><a href="Systeminfo" class="mw-redirect" title="Systeminfo">systeminfo</a></li>
<li><a href="Tpmtool" class="mw-redirect" title="Tpmtool">tpmtool</a></li>
<li><a href="Tpmvscmgr" class="mw-redirect" title="Tpmvscmgr">tpmvscmgr</a></li>
<li><a href="Tracerpt" class="mw-redirect" title="Tracerpt">tracerpt</a></li>
<li><a href="Typeperf" class="mw-redirect" title="Typeperf">typeperf</a></li>
<li><a href="W32tm" title="W32tm">w32tm</a></li>
<li><a href="WBAdmin" title="WBAdmin">WBAdmin</a></li>
<li><a href="Wecutil" class="mw-redirect" title="Wecutil">wecutil</a></li>
<li><a href="Wevtutil" class="mw-redirect" title="Wevtutil">wevtutil</a></li>
<li><a href="Winmgmt" class="mw-redirect" title="Winmgmt">winmgmt</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_System_Assessment_Tool" title="Windows System Assessment Tool">winsat</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Management_Instrumentation_Command-line" class="mw-redirect" title="Windows Management Instrumentation Command-line">wmic</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Boot management</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Bcdedit" class="mw-redirect" title="Bcdedit">bcdedit</a></li>
<li><a href="Bootcfg" title="Bootcfg">bootcfg</a></li>
<li><a href="Bootsect" class="mw-redirect" title="Bootsect">bootsect</a></li>
<li><a href="Fixboot" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixboot">fixboot</a></li>
<li><a href="Fixmbr" class="mw-redirect" title="Fixmbr">fixmbr</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Software_development" title="Software development">Software development</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Break_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="Break (command)">break</a></li>
<li><a href="Debug_(command)" title="Debug (command)">debug</a></li>
<li><a href="Exe2bin" title="Exe2bin">exe2bin</a></li>
<li><a href="QBasic" title="QBasic">QBasic</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Subsystem_for_Linux" title="Windows Subsystem for Linux">wsl</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Miscellaneous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="Cls_(command)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cls (command)">cls</a></li>
<li><a href="Dpath" title="Dpath">dpath</a></li>
<li><a href="Help_(command)" title="Help (command)">help</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>
<ul><li><a href="List_of_DOS_commands" title="List of DOS commands">List of DOS commands</a></li>
<li><a href="Environment_variable" title="Environment variable">Environment variables</a></li>
<li><a href="Windows_Support_Tools" title="Windows Support Tools">Windows Support Tools</a></li></ul>
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