Assuming you have the following scenario: you are connected to a remote Windows machine via remote desktop and you need to restart it.
Soon you will realize that there is no restart button on the Start menu to click on….
So.. without that button, how do you restart your machine???
Do not fret as there is a way!
To Restart the remote Windows machine
Press the keys Windows+R on the keyboard together, it will pop-up the run command screen.
In the input line type shutdown /r /t 0 and hit the Enter button to restart the machine immediately.
- The /r option instructs the machine to reboot
- The /t 0 option sets the number of seconds to delay before executing the restart to 0 (initiate restart process immediately)
To Shut Down the remote Windows machine
Press the keys Windows+R on the keyboard together, it will pop-up the run command screen.
In the input line type shutdown /s and hit the Enter button to shut down the machine immediately.
To Stop a Shut Down or Restart process
To try and stop a shut down process, type shutdown /a and hit enter, it will attempt to abort the shutdown/restart sequence.
Keep in mind though that there still is a high chance for this to fail.