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schedule task to restart PC - will cumulus be OK with this??

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schedule task to restart PC - will cumulus be OK with this??

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I'm going to try a simple shortcut with the command shutdown.exe -f -r -t 0 to restart my netbook weekly, what setting are best in Cumulus to keep it happy or is there a better method to force a restart without cause issues????
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Re: schedule task to restart PC - will cumulus be OK with th

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Should be OK as long as you don't set 'confirm shutdown'. I'm assuming that Cumulus will actually be sent an 'end session' message, and allowed to close tidily. I don't know if there is a time limit after which it would just get killed anyway.
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steve wrote: I don't know if there is a time limit after which it would just get killed anyway.
20 seconds by default IIRC.
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mcrossley wrote:20 seconds by default IIRC.
Ah - that should be OK in most cases, then.
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ace2 wrote:shutdown.exe -f -r -t 0
Would this be the best method?

Seems to wait 30 seconds before it shuts down.
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