how to give time limit to shutdown for windows 7

Question

I want to shutdown my windows 7/xp after 30 min automatically by using shortcut, how do i create shortcut which will ask me time limit and after that time limit it will shutdown windows 7/xp automatically.

Answer 1

Even easier way to do it:
Create a shortcut with the target: shutdown /s /f /t 1800

That will cause the computer to reboot after 1800 seconds, and also to force any open applications to close (WARNING: The /f switch will cause you to lose any unsaved data). I use something similar to reboot my work laptop and servers remotely, using this same command.

Answer 2

Compile this C program and and the exe file is the one that you are looking for.. if u like this select this as answer..

#include <time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
main() { 
    int hour,minutes;
    long int total;
    printf("\nEnter the no.of.hours and minutes for shuting down:");
    scanf(" %d %d",&hour,&minutes);
    total = hour*60*60 + minutes*60; 
    sleep(total);
    system("C:\\windows\\system32\\shutdown /s /t 10");
    return 0;
}