>We use the command "shutdown" from a batch file, which is invoked to run at a certain time, from the Task Scheduler.
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>This works perfectly when the the computer is not locked. But when the computer is locked (with the shortcut key Windows-L), the batch file does execute (as we can verify by "time of last execution"), but the "shutdown" command doesn't do anything.
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>Apart from NOT locking the computer, do you know of any other solution?
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>TIA,
>
>Hilmar.

In the task scheduler you can put something like this:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe /r /t 60 /c "Scheduled daily reboot" /f /d p:4:1