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How can I allow non-administrators to use shutdown.exe?

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Mar 15, 202626046 views
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As per the comments in the accepted answer to this question, I'm having issues running a scheduled task which calls , even when the user is an administrator. I'm administrating someone else's machine using their main account, so I can't exactly change too much as they like things the way that they …

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shutdown.exe

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Fix for: How can I allow non-administrators to use shutdown.exe?

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The simplest solution would be to configure said scheduled task to run under an Administrator account. You do not need to use the same account as the usually-logged-on user – simply provide different credentials when creating the task. If you do not…

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