Rebooting and Restarting

DevCon provides two methods to reboot the operating system and one method to restart devices.

• The /r parameter is a conditional reboot that reboots the operating system only if a reboot is required to make the accompanying operation effective. This parameter is valid only in commands that include a DevCon operation. It can reboot the system on a local or remote computer.
• The DevCon Reboot operation forces the operating system to reboot. It is valid only on a local computer, and it cannot be combined with other operations. Instead of using the reboot operation, users typically add the /r parameter to commands.
• The DevCon Restart operation restarts the specified devices. It is valid only on a local computer, and it cannot be combined with other operations.