Logging Off

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Stop-Computer and Restart-Computer can shutdown and restart a machine, but there are things they cannot do, for example logging off the current user.

Here’s a simple function wrapper that utilizes a standard console application and wraps it into a PowerShell function:

function Invoke-Logoff {
    shutdown.exe /L
}

Posted Feb 14 2012, 06:00 AM by ps1

Marc Johnson wrote re: Logging Off

on 02-14-2012 3:39 PM

Invoke-Logoff (remotely)

function Invoke-Logoff ($compName) { (Get-WMIObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem -Computername $compName).Win32Shutdown(0)}

We can use the Win32Shutdown method with the following Flags to perform additional actions.

0 Log Off

4 Forced Log Off (0+4)

1 Shutdown

5 Forced Shutdown (1+4)

2 Reboot

6 Forced Reboot (2+4)

8 Power Off

12 Forced Power Off (8+4)