How to control Windows Shutdown, Sleep, Hibernate ect by Command Line

There are 3 utilities we can use:shutdown.exe , powercfg and PowerProf.dll

Sleep Computer (read more at http://superuser.com/a/463652/249349 )

rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0

Lock Workstation

Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation

Hibernate Computer

rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState

Restart Computer

Shutdown.exe -r -t 00

Shutdown Computer

Shutdown.exe -s -t 00

Sleep from windows task command :
exec show "C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe" Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep

There are issues with sleep when hibernate is enabled & many confuse the 2 commands:

Another Utility from SysInternals PsShutdown and NirCmd has some very handy utils.

 

The command rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0 for sleep is correct - however, it will hibernate instead of sleep if you don't turn the hibernation off.

Here's how to do that:

Go to the Start Menu and open an elevated Command Prompt by typing cmd.exe, right clicking and choosing Run as administrator. Type the following command:

powercfg -hibernate off










Additional commands see this post: