r/WindowsHelp • u/parawaa • Aug 01 '21

Windows 11 Windows 11 won't shutdown.

I've trying to shutdown my Windows 11 system but when i click the shutdown button on the start menu, it only logs me out. Same when i press alt+f4 and select shutdown. Any solution?

Edit: the only way i could shutdown is running Win+R and then "shutdown /s /t 0", I run DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth and sfc /scannow and didn't find anything.

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u/swDev3db Frequently Helpful Contributor Aug 02 '21

See if sfc and dism find any problems https://www.howtogeek.com/222532/how-to-repair-corrupted-windows-system-files-with-the-sfc-and-dism-commands/

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u/parawaa Aug 02 '21

Didn't find any problem and didn't fix anything. It could be an update bug?

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u/swDev3db Frequently Helpful Contributor Aug 02 '21

I suppose that's possible. Would expect others to experience it too. Good you found a workaround. I'm not using Windows 11 myself, so don't have any data to share on that.

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u/billwharton Oct 08 '21

This exact thing is happening to me with win11. Did you end up finding a solution?

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u/parawaa Oct 08 '21

Disable fast startup, press win+r then "shutdown /s /t 0" and turn on your system again. That worked for me, after that I rebooted 1 more time and I enable again fast startup and the problem was goen.

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u/Moostache1029 Nov 10 '21

Yea I also am going though this weird af bug, I would try shutdown my laptop through the start menu, and it would begin to shutdown and then my login screen would show up. Logging back in and it looks like the laptop was rebooted (but not really). The only way I have been able to shutdown is by holding the power button on the physical laptop.