Difference of Shutdown and Power Down? Topic is solved

[nutnutwin]

I have read document here
https://www.autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Shutdown.htm

and tried using
> Shutdown, 1
shutdown
> Shutdown, 8
Power Down
and they seems to do the same on Windows 10(Pro, 20H2). I wonder what is the difference
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I remember in Windows 95/98, there was a "shutodwn screen", and after that I had to manually "turn off power"
I wonder if this is what shutdown flag means...

Thank you for your time.

[mikeyww]

My recollection is that 1 on some systems would sleep the system, so I recommend using 8 to shut down.

The "Power down" value (8) shuts down the system and turns off the power.

[nutnutwin]

My recollection is that 1 on some systems would sleep the system, so I recommend using 8 to shut down.

The "Power down" value (8) shuts down the system and turns off the power.

Thank you for your advice.
I was about to go 1(Shutdown)+4(Force)+8(Power Down) in case it does not shutdown...
I will go with 8

[mikeyww]

The documentation is vague and somewhat confusing on this command, probably because these things might work slightly differently on different systems. Although it appears that 8 or 9 should both work, I think I would stick with 8 if it works.

Forcing a scripted shutdown (option 4) is probably not a great idea, because it might end up causing a loss of data if you have unsaved files.

[nutnutwin]

The documentation is vague and somewhat confusing on this command, probably because these things might work slightly differently on different systems. Although it appears that 8 or 9 should both work, I think I would stick with 8 if it works.

Forcing a scripted shutdown (option 4) is probably not a great idea, because it might end up causing a loss of data if you have unsaved files.

Hi, sorry for the late reply.
Yes, forcing is not good in this situation.