Shut Down Expert Changelog

What's new in Shut Down Expert 5.20

Jan 26, 2023
  • Windows 11 support
  • AC power failure notification
  • Windows 10 support
  • Windows 8 support
  • New yearly time setting feature
  • New monthly time setting features
  • Improved remote intercommunication
  • Now you can change the default Shut Down Expert intercommunication port (not recommended, but sometimes useful)
  • Now you can define your week-end days
  • Tasks which are executed only in week-en are marked with red in the Schedule list
  • Better Vista UAC compatibility
  • Wake up on Vista - fixed
  • Now you can select the preferred days for daily tasks
  • Windows Vista support - please note that for some features, like "Autologon" or "Disable Task Manager" you have to run it as administrator (elevated). Do not set Shut Down Expert to run permanently as administrator, otherwise it will be blocked at startup by Windows Defender.
  • Wake-up Manager - manage the applications that will start after the system is waked up (resumed).
  • Now you can transform your Pocket PC/Smart Phone in a powerful remote control, using Shut Down Expert - Mobile Client
  • Auto update notification
  • New remote task communication protocol
  • Delay startup applications with a number of seconds
  • Send private messages to other Shut Down Expert users
  • Wake up remote computers through the Internet
  • Custom task support
  • Grouping possibilities for client computers, in this way you can schedule remote tasks on more remote computers in the same time
  • New command line interpreter to schedule tasks from command line or batch file
  • Support for Shut Down Expert SDK, to integrate Shut Down Expert in user applications
  • Some bug fixings and improvements

New in Shut Down Expert 5.19 (Feb 20, 2019)

  • You can specify exactly the date and time of the task's execution (At...)
  • You can specify an interval of time relative to a specified date and time (From...In...)
  • You can specify an interval of time relative to the current time (In...)
  • You can specify a task that will be executed immediately in that moment (Now)
  • You can specify a time (minute and second) when a task will be executed hourly (Hourly)
  • You can specify a time when a task will be executed daily, choosing the preferred days (Daily)
  • You can specify a time when a task will be executed in the preferred workdays (Workdays)
  • You can specify a time when a task will be executed in the preferred week-end days (Week-end Days)
  • You can specify a time and day when a task will be executed weekly (Weekly)
  • You can specify a time and days when a task will be executed monthly (Monthly)
  • You can specify a time and date when a task will be executed yearly (Yearly)

New in Shut Down Expert 5.18 (Jan 30, 2018)

  • - Windows 10 support
  • - Windows 8 support
  • - new yearly time setting feature
  • - new monthly time setting features
  • - improved remote intercommunication
  • - now you can change the default Shut Down Expert intercommunication port (not recommended, but sometimes useful)
  • - now you can define your week-end days
  • - tasks which are executed only in week-en are marked with red in the Schedule list
  • - better Vista UAC compatibility
  • - wake up on Vista - fixed
  • - now you can select the preferred days for daily tasks
  • - Windows Vista support - please note that for some features, like "Autologon" or "Disable Task Manager" you have to run it as administrator (elevated). Do not set Shut Down Expert to run permanently as administrator, otherwise it will be blocked at startup by Windows Defender.
  • - Wake-up Manager - manage the applications that will start after the system is waked up (resumed).
  • - now you can transform your Pocket PC/Smart Phone in a powerful remote control, using Shut Down Expert - Mobile Client
  • - auto update notification
  • - new remote task communication protocol
  • - delay startup applications with a number of seconds
  • - send private messages to other Shut Down Expert users
  • - wake up remote computers through the Internet
  • - custom task support
  • - grouping possibilities for client computers, in this way you can schedule remote tasks on more remote computers in the same time
  • - new command line interpreter to schedule tasks from command line or batch file
  • - support for Shut Down Expert SDK, to integrate Shut Down Expert in user applications
  • - some bug fixings and improvements

New in Shut Down Expert 5.17 (Jun 15, 2015)

  • Windows 10 preview support

New in Shut Down Expert 5.15 (Sep 3, 2012)

  • Windows 8 support

New in Shut Down Expert 5.11 (Feb 21, 2011)

  • new yearly time setting feature
  • new monthly time setting features
  • improved remote intercommunication
  • now you can change the default Shut Down Expert intercommunication port (not recommended, but sometimes useful)
  • now you can define your week-end days
  • tasks which are executed only in week-en are marked with red in the Schedule list
  • better Vista UAC compatibility
  • wake up on Vista - fixed
  • now you can select the preferred days for daily tasks
  • Windows Vista support - please note that for some features, like "Autologon" or "Disable Task Manager" you have to run it as administrator (elevated). Do not set Shut Down Expert to run permanently as administrator, otherwise it will be blocked at startup by Windows Defender.
  • Wake-up Manager - manage the applications that will start after the system is waked up (resumed).
  • now you can transform your Pocket PC/Smart Phone in a powerful remote control, using Shut Down Expert - Mobile Client
  • auto update notification
  • new remote task communication protocol
  • delay startup applications with a number of seconds
  • send private messages to other Shut Down Expert users
  • wake up remote computers through the Internet
  • custom task support
  • grouping possibilities for client computers, in this way you can schedule remote tasks on more remote computers in the same time
  • new command line interpreter to schedule tasks from command line or batch file
  • support for Shut Down Expert SDK, to integrate Shut Down Expert in user applications
  • some bug fixings and improvements

New in Shut Down Expert 5.06 (Apr 11, 2009)

  • better Vista UAC compatibility
  • wake up on Vista - fixed
  • now you can select the preferred days for daily tasks
  • Windows Vista support - please note that for some features, like "Autologon" or "Disable Task Manager" you have to run it as administrator (elevated). Do not set Shut Down Expert to run permanently as administrator, otherwise it will be blocked at startup by Windows Defender.
  • Wake-up Manager - manage the applications that will start after the system is waked up (resumed).
  • now you can transform your Pocket PC/Smart Phone in a powerful remote control, using Shut Down Expert - Mobile Client
  • auto update notification
  • new remote task communication protocol
  • delay startup applications with a number of seconds
  • send private messages to other Shut Down Expert users
  • wake up remote computers through the Internet
  • custom task support
  • grouping possibilities for client computers, in this way you can schedule remote tasks on more remote computers in the same time
  • new command line interpreter to schedule tasks from command line or batch file
  • support for Shut Down Expert SDK, to integrate Shut Down Expert in user applications
  • some bug fixings and improvements

New in Shut Down Expert 5.00 (Aug 3, 2007)

  • Windows Vista support - please note that for some features, like "Autologon" or "Disable Task Manager" you have to run it as administrator (elevated). Do not set Shut Down Expert to run permanently as administrator, otherwise it will be blocked at startup by Windows Defender.
  • Wake-up Manager - manage the applications that will start after the system is waked up (resumed).
  • now you can transform your Pocket PC/Smart Phone in a powerful remote control, using Shut Down Expert - Mobile Client
  • auto update notification
  • new remote event communication protocol
  • delay startup applications with a number of seconds
  • send private messages to other Shut Down Expert users
  • wake up remote computers through the Internet
  • custom event support
  • grouping possibilities for client computers, in this way you can generate remote events on more remote computers in the same time
  • new command line interpreter to generate events from command line or batch file
  • support for Shut Down Expert SDK, to integrate Shut Down Expert in user applications
  • some bug fixings and improvments