12Ghosts ShutDown

Chances are you’re not around to turn off your computer when it’s done with particular tasks, and you don’t really want to idly leave it running by. On the bright side of things, developers came out with specialized applications like 12Ghosts ShutDown, which are fitted with more than enough tools to set up various shutdown scenarios.

The application’s configuration window shows up on launch. It’s pretty intuitive overall, with self-explanatory elements, and a tabbed structure to easily navigate through actions, options, events, administrator, and general options. When configured, it minimizes to the tray area so it doesn’t take up any precious desktop space.

We can say that the list of possible actions are quite abundant. As such, you’re able to not only shutdown and restart, but also perform these operations while forcefully closing every running task and process, restart explorer only, run programs, prevent standby, and other common power options.

A default action needs to be selected so your work is easier on the long run. You can use this default action in multiple tasks, but there’s also the possibility to define new actions on the spot. The options tab allows you to ask for shutdown confirmation in order to prevent accidental loss of data, show progress window during shutdown, and more.

Termination options can be used in order to send an additional close request after a specific number of seconds, terminate all programs without saving anything, or cutting power on the spot without waiting for Windows to properly shut down. In case you’re waiting on a specific task to finish, there’s the option to set an idle time to take action.

All things considered, we can state that 12Ghosts ShutDown is a powerful shutdown manager which is fitted with most tools you need to forget about manually powering off your computer. It’s possible to have everything forcefully closed, or even wait for the computer to enter idle time, thus deserving at least a try overall.