How to Restart Windows Server using Command Prompt

Generally, most of the users used GUI access for accessing remote or local Windows systems. In some cases, we don’t get system restart button in GUI but we still can restart the remote server using the command line. This article will help you to reboot remote Windows Server using the command prompt.

Command to Restart Windows Server

Simply use /r switch with shutdown command to reboot windows server using command line. Here are various examples of shutdown command.

Restart local system

c:/> shutdown /r

Restart local system with forcefully close running applications using /f command line switch.

c:/> shutdown /r /f 

Restart remote system by specifying system hostname with /m command line switch.

c:/> shutdown /r /f /m \REMOTE-PC

Add a comment as reason of rebooting system suing /c command line switch.

c:/> shutdown /r /f /m \REMOTE-PC /c "After Installing Software"