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if you ever find yourself in a situation where you want to leave your computer on for several hours but you also want it to shut down once an update or download has finished there's a very simple workaround here's how it works to create a shutdown timer manually either open command prompt or press the windows + R keys to open the run window type the command shutdown - s - t and the time in seconds for instance for 20 minutes you would type 1200 when you press Enter or click OK the timer will begin to cancel the timer open run or command prompt once again and type shutdown - a and press Enter for even faster access turn this command into a desktop shortcut right click on an empty space on the desktop hover over new and select shortcut in the side menu in the path field type the shutdown command shutdown - s - t and again the time in seconds then click next give the shortcut a name such as shutdown 20 minutes and click finish anytime you double click the shutdown shortcut the timer will start you can also create a shortcut for the shutdown cancel command by right-clicking the shortcut icon and selecting properties you can assign a custom icon and change the timer link or name for more tips and tricks be sure to check out cnet.com /al to