Reboot Windows from PowerShell

Do you want to know how to reboot Windows computer using PowerShell . This post explains how to use the command restart-computer to trigger reboot from powershell CMD.

Reboot Windows from PowerShell

• Open PowerShell prompt by running powershell from cmd.
• Run the below command which reboots Windows without asking user for any confirmation.

  restart-computer

Reboot with user confirmation

If you want the user to confirm if reboot is required, then use -Confirm argument.

restart-computer -Confirm

Example Run:

PS C:\> restart-computer -Confirm
Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing the operation "Enable the Local shutdown access rights and restart the computer." on target "localhost
(local-pc)".
[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): N
PS C:\>