JShown

Even though it’s a simple process to turn off your computer and doesn’t take more than a couple of seconds, chances are you forget, or are not around when a specific automated task is done. To solve this, developers created specialized applications like JShown to have the PC automatically powered off at a specific time.

As soon as download is done, you can go ahead and take the application for a spin. Needless to say that this allows it to be easily carried around on a thumb drive to be used on other computers. Just make sure that the PC you use it on is equipped with Java Runtime Environment because it’s a mandatory requirement for functionality.

The application mostly sits in the tray area and is the place where it goes directly on launch, with a balloon tooltip to let you know it’s there. It’s a good idea to bring up the configuration panel first so you can set up the scheduler which is disabled by default so you don’t end up with the PC suddenly shutting down.

Sadly, the application is only capable of performing one power options such as turning off the PC. What’s more, there’s no option to forcefully close running programs, so you need to be sure nothing is running when the clock strikes.

There’s only one method of approach here, and that’s to specify an exact time when the core function to be triggered. It’s done by writing down the hour and minute, which comes in handy if you know you can’t make it through the length of an entire movie and fall asleep. In case you want it always active, you need to manually add a shortcut to the system Startup folder.

Taking everything into consideration, we can state that JShown is a straightforward application with which to shut down your PC at a specific time. It could have used more power options, and a function to make it run with Windows, but it’s sure to come in handy when you’re not around to do this yourself.