Powershell - Changing the state of a computer (sleep, hibernate, shutdown, restart)
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A new article to show how to change the state of a computer (sleep, hibernate, shutdown, reboot) with Powershell. The forced option is useful if, for example, a user session is open and prevents the action (boot…) from taking place.
# Put to sleepAdd-Type -Assembly System.Windows.Forms[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::SetSuspendState(‘Suspend’, $false, $false)
# Force to sleepAdd-Type -Assembly System.Windows.Forms[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::SetSuspendState(‘Suspend’, $true, $false)
# Put into hibernationAdd-Type -Assembly System.Windows.Forms[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::SetSuspendState(‘Hibernate’, $false, $false)
# Force HibernateAdd-Type -Assembly System.Windows.Forms[System.Windows.Forms.Application]::SetSuspendState(‘Hibernate’, $true, $false)
# RestartRestart-Computer
# Force restartRestart-Computer -Force
# StopStop-Computer
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