Shutdown or Reboot Your PC Faster!

Fast shutdown is a free utility that can shut down or reboot your PC almost instantly, allowing you to use your time to do better things than watch the Windows shutdown screen.
Fast shutdown is self explanatory, once you run it, you will know how to use it. Simply run Fast Shutdown, and choose, from the menu, either:
Fast shutdown is self explanatory, once you run it, you will know how to use it. Simply run Fast Shutdown, and choose, from the menu, either:
- Fast Shutdown. This turns off your computer in less than three seconds.
- Fast Restart. This restarts your computer in less than three seconds.
- Instant Shutdown. This turns off your computer almost instantly, however can cause data loss to unsaved work.
Fast ShutdownFast Shutdown is freeware. This means that it has no limitations and does not cost a cent! If you like Fast Shutdown, support the developers by telling your friends about Fast Shutdown!
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Note: The section below is for developers only. It is recommended that you skip this section and proceed to downloading and using the tool.
Command Line Arguments

Why do I need to use the command line?
To fully use this utility, you don't need to know the command line arguments. However if you are a developer or just want to play around with batch commands, then this section is for you.
Command line allows you to launch the application without user interaction.
For example:
The command line arguments and their functions are listed below.
Replace EXEPath with the path of Fast Shutdown.
Other arguments
To fully use this utility, you don't need to know the command line arguments. However if you are a developer or just want to play around with batch commands, then this section is for you.
Command line allows you to launch the application without user interaction.
For example:
- The command line becomes useful when you are writing a batch script and you want the computer to shutdown after all the commands in the batch script have been executed.
- The command line becomes useful when you are deploying your own application and you want to reboot the computer.
The command line arguments and their functions are listed below.
- EXEPath -fastshutdown. This quickly shuts down the computer.
- EXEPath -fastrestart. This quickly restarts the computer.
- EXEPath -noconfirm. Add this argument along with any of the two above and no confirmation message will be displayed.
Replace EXEPath with the path of Fast Shutdown.
Other arguments
- -shutdown: Turns off your PC normally, similar to what clicking 'Shut Down' on the Start Menu does.
- -restart: Restarts your system normally.
- -logoff: Logs off the current user.
- -hibernate: If hibernation is supported, this places the computer in to hibernation mode.