How to force restart a Windows box using VBScript?
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I'm trying to find a way to force Windows to reboot, and I am running into issues. I've tried
Set OpSysSet = GetObject("winmgmts:{authenticationlevel=Pkt," _
& "(Shutdown)}").ExecQuery("select * from Win32_OperatingSystem where "_
& "Primary=true")
for each OpSys in OpSysSet
retVal = OpSys.Reboot()
next
I've also tried using the shutdown -f -r
command, and in both cases I sometimes get no response, and if I try again I get an error saying "Action could not complete because the system is shutting down" even though no matter how long I leave it it doesn't shut down, it still allows me to start new programs, and doing a shutdown -a
gives the same error. How can a script be used to force Windows to reboot?
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