C Program to Hibernate Windows

Do you want to hibernate your Windows computer from c? This is a c program to hibernate Windows operating System. If you execute this c program, it will hibernate your Windows computer instantly. The following is the c code to hibernate Windows:

//C Program to hibernate Windows
#include
void main()
{
system("shutdown /h");
}

C Program to Run Applications to Open a File in Windows

In this post, we will see how to run an executable to open a file. This will tell you open a file with specified application. This can be used like the open with option in operating systems. To open a file, most applications, are launched with the path to the file as command line argument (command line parameter). The following c program will open paint with a command-line argument. mspaint command opens paint. Or you can use "C:\\Windows\\System 32\\mspaint.exe". The exepected command-line argument to paint is the path to an image file. Then the paint application opens that file as image if possible.

#include
void main()
{
system("C:\\Windows\\System32\\mspaint.exe \"C:\\Users\\Shareef\\Desktop\\flower.jpg\"");
}

The above c program will open the image flower.jpg using paint application in Windows

C Program to Launch or Execute an Application With Command Line Parameters

In this post, we will see how to run an executable with command line arguments. This will tell you how to execute any application with command-line arguments using c code. The following c program will open paint with a command-line argument. mspaint command open paint. Or you can use "C:\\Windows\\System 32\\mspaint.exe". The exepected command-line argument to paint is the path to an image file. Then the paint application opene that file as image if possible.

//How to run applications with command line arguments in c
#include
void main()
{
system("C:\\Windows\\System32\\mspaint.exe \"C:\\Users\\Shareef\\Desktop\\flower.jpg\"");
}

C Program to Schedule a Shutdown - How to Schedule Shutdown in C

You can schedule shutdown in Windows or Linux using C program. We will see how to schedule a shutdown using a c program. To schedule a shutdown in Windows, we execute the Windows command shutdown /s /t sec (where sec is time delay before shutdown in seconds). In Linux, we execute the command shutdown -h +600.  The c programs to schedule a shutdown in Windows and Linux are given separately.

C Program to Shutdown Computer - How to Shutdown Computer Using C Code

Computer can be shutdown using c program. But the commands are different in Windows and Linux. The system() function in c can be used to execute system commands ( Windows command or Linux command ). To shutdown the computer using c program, we execute the appropriate shutdown command using the system() function.

How to Execute Windows Commands in C

You may have used Windows commands like ipconfig, netstat, type, set, mkdir, cd etc in cmd (DOS Prompt or Command Prompt). You can execute these commands from a C program. This post will tell you how to execute Windows commands (cmd commands) from c program. To execute different Windows commands, you can use the system() function c language. The system() function is used to invoke command processor to execute a given command. The command which is to be executed is passed as argument to the function. An example c program with system() function is shown below.

C Program to Logoff or Signout From Windows

You can logoff (also called logout or sign out) from a windows computer using c program. This can be done by executing a command. You just have to execute the command shutdown /l which executes shutdown.exe with command line parameter /l to force logout from Windows. The system() function in c can be used to execute any system commands. Therefore, the following simple c program when executed, will logout you from Windows instantly.

#include<stdio.h>
void main()
{
system("shutdown /l");
}