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Windows Me - Shut down the computer automatically after defragmentation

November 25, 2013
Updated: April 14, 2022
Quick overview:

Windows 98 and Me defragmentation is often a time-consuming process, especially if the hard disk has been without the tidying up process for a long time. We have a little trick for you to make your life easier and shut down the computer automatically after defragmentation. For example, you can go to bed in the evening and the computer will do its job and then go to sleep too.

1. Right-click on the desktop and select New/text file. Open this file and enter the following content:

@echo off
Start /w Defrag.exe/full/all/noprompt/P/H
rundll32.exe user,exitwindows
exit

2. In the menu bar, click on File/Save as... and select under File type the entry All files from. Now enter the following in the File name the designation Defragmentation.bat in. Now select Save.

3. After double-clicking on the saved file, defragmentation starts and automatically shuts down the computer at 100%.

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in the 90s. His helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (back then this is what Sandro looked like). He then went on to write elsewhere, such as for PC-Praxis, Computer Bild and PCWorld in the USA. Microsoft also poached him from us. Now Sandro is back, finally sharing his tweaks here again. For a stress-free digital everyday life. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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