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Problem
Restart-Computer -ComputerName 10.10.5.56 -Credential adminIf you intend to shut down, or restart a remote computer using PowerShell, you may see the following error message:
Note
PS C:\Users\admin> Restart-Computer -ComputerName 10.10.5.56 -Credential admin
Restart-Computer : Failed to restart the computer 10.10.5.56 with the following error message: The system shutdown
cannot be initiated because there are other users logged on to the computer.
At line:1 char:1
+ Restart-Computer -ComputerName 10.10.5.56 -Credential admin
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (10.10.5.56:String) [Restart-Computer], InvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RestartcomputerFailed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RestartComputerCommand
Solution
You need to add the -Force flag to the command like so:
Restart-Computer -ComputerName 10.10.5.56 -Credential admin -ForceAs you can see, the error was gone, and the remote computer is restarted.
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