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bounce Utility--Forcibly Reboot the System (Windows Only)

The bounce utility tries to shut down or reboot the Windows system. It forcibly closes all applications that are currently open. It does not prompt you to save your work. This utility is available on Windows only.

This utility has the following format:

bounce [OPTIONS]

OPTIONS

Specifies the available options for the command. The following options are available:

-h or /h , -? or /?

Displays the bounce.exe usage message.

-H

Displays helpful examples.

-r or /r

Reboots the system.

-s or /s

Shuts down the system.

-a or /a

Stops the reboot or shutdown.

-t{n} or /t{n}

Sets the timeout to {n}.

Default: 20 sec

-d{message}

Displays a message before shutting down.

Examples

bounce -r -t300 -d”You have 5 minutes to save your work before the system will be rebooted”

bounce -a