I have made a .bat file that shuts down my pc at a certain time, but I tend to restart it manually (cuz Im a game addict) :/

Im a student and a gamer, yet they tend to interfere with eachother cuz I am used to game until midnight :(
I have made a batch file that shuts my pc down, but as the title says, I often just restart it.
What I want to do is make it nearly impossible to do this.
Is it possible to make another batch file that does this?

Hi,
Here's a PowerShell script that will do what you're after:
if ( (Get-Date).Hour -lt 8 -or (Get-Date).Hour -ge 22 ) { Stop-Computer -Force }
Just be aware, this is completely unforgiving and there's no warning.
Set it to run as a scheduled task at whatever interval you'd like.
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