Q. How can I place a computer in sleep state from the command line?

A. The command below will put your machine to sleep. It's useful in scripts and shortcuts.

rundll32 powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

Note that, depending on your computer's configuration, the command may hibernate your computer instead.

Related Reading:

• Q. Is it true that Hyper-V in Windows 2008 R2 supports hibernate and sleep?
• Powercfg Gets Sleepy
• I have no option to hibernate on my Windows Vista Lock menu.
• Enabling Vista's Hibernation

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