How to sleep computer via batch file? (Windows 7)

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Published on 2010-05-26T06:16:33Z Indexed on 2010/05/26 6:22 UTC
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So I want to make a batch file that will sleep my computer after a period of time.

The closest thing I have found is placing it in standby, but seems to work differently then the sleep button on my keyboard (longer bootup, doesn't wake on mouse click). Any ideas? Would it be easier in python or c#?

The less then ideal technique mentioned above is calling this in the cmd prompt:

Rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

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