Shutdown a PC using a BMAx or B3d proggie

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You wouldn't even need Blitz to do so: simply use the 'shutdown' command utility from the windows scheduler would do the job, with 0 programming required.

Optionally use the -f flag to force it down.

If you force it, running programs will automa5tcially be end-tasked, so if you have any open documents that you didn't save, you lose all changes. Alternatively you can not force it, but in that case a program can prevent the syste, from shutting down if it has unsaved data. (you'd get a popup asking if you want to save your file)

Now, if you do a forced shutdown, you typically get a notice and a 30-second timer. you can abort a pending shutdown only by: shutdown -a from the command line.