Remotely Shutdown Your Computer Via Email

Remotely Shutdown Your Computer Via Email

Do you want to remotely shutdown your computer or laptop when you are outside the home then i am going to explain how to do it without any external software.

Software you will need : Microsoft Outlook

                                      : Mail account that supports pop protocol(i.e. gmail)

Now Follow just few simple steps as per below :

1.Create bat file for shutdown using notepad :

Shutdown.bat

 Switch and what it does
      -s
      Shuts down the PC.
      -l
       Logs off the current user.
      -t nn
      Indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing the action.
      -c "message text"     
        Displays a message in the System Shutdown window. A maximum of 127 characters can be used.
      The message must be enclosed in quotation marks.
     -f     Forces any running applications to shut down.
     -r     Reboots the PC.

  Here 00 indicates time you can change it for delay you can increase it.

  If you don't want to make shutdown.bat file then direct download from here :     shutdown.bat

2.Open Outlook and go to tools > account settings... 

      select New option and register your mail id in it with option Microsoft exchange,POP3,IMAP,or

      HTTP

 

3. Create A new rule for shutdown process

    

     then goto outlook > tools > rules and alerts > new rule

     and click check messages when they arrive and click next

   Check mark "with specific word in the subject" then click below specific words and add shutdown 

   and then go to next tab.

   Check mark "Start application" and select your shutdown.bat file and finish setup.

4.After all this we have to define a send&receive timing for instant shutdown so open send&recieve   

   options and do following

And here you have done now mail on this adress with subject shutdown and your computer will shutdown maximum in 1 minute(outlook refresh time)

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