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sigh, i just can't get what seems like such a simple thing to do to work. I do have the right permissions, if i just bring up the command prompt and type in shutdown /s /t 60 it shuts down in 1 minute as it should. But then i decided to try something, i just created a bat file, with nothing in it bu...

So i tried changing the codes to incorporate /s /t, but it just seems to make the problem worse. when i do: START /WAIT "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" %1 vlc://quit shutdown /s /t 60 and drag the playlist on it, it brings up vlc, but without any quit command if i manually qu...

hmm, well I was just doing what the wiki said to do, but i followed your instructions. my .bat now reads: "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" %1 vlc://quit shutdown -s -t 60 but it still doesn't work. After it quits VLC, I get the same command prompt output of C:\Users\bridger\De...

are you saying that i need to put quotations around the whole location? I tried that, and with the first option (seperate .bat and playlist) it does bring up vlc, but the quit command isn't there now. if i manually quite then command prompt says the same thing as before, and I get the system error: ...

You could put the .exe you downloaded onto a data disk and burn it i guess.
Easier would be if you had a flash drive. Just put the .exe on there, take it to the other one and then run it from that computer to install it on that machine.

Greetings everyone, I have googled the snot out of this, and have read into it, but I just can't get it to work, so I would appreciate any and all help i can get. I really just wish i could play some music/movie, go to bed, and have the computer shut off when it was done, but that's not something I ...