Auto Shutdown after Download for Firefox 4

Using only a Firefox add-on, you can automatically shutdown your computer (Windows/Mac/Linux) after your downloads are complete.

Have you ever had days whereon you were downloading a file so large, or you were downloading multiple files at once but you had neither the time nor the patience to wait for it to finish? Or maybe it was already late at night and you already want to sleep but need the file or files very badly?

Ever since I have been using Firefox, I have also used Auto Shutdown by InBasic.

 

Auto Shutdown by Inbasic can automatically shutdown your computer, whether it is in Windows, Mac, or Linux, after your downloads complete. I’ve used it multiple times and I’ve found it very handy and very convenient to use. When the download window appears in Firefox, just click the Shutdown checkbox at the bottom right.

 

Now in the official release of Auto Shutdown by Inbasic, it’s only compatible up to Firefox 3.6. Fortunately, concerned netizens (citizens of the Internet) modified the code and made it compatible to Firefox 4 (take a look at the reviews in Mozilla addons).

Unfortunately this has not been submitted to Mozilla yet so I will just repost their download link of Auto Shutdown. I’ll also add a download link of my own just in case the original download link disappears.

Original Download Link with no auto install to Firefox – Auto Shutdown

Techiechips Auto Shutdown Download link: Auto Shutdown

 

Once you’ve downloaded the file, to install it manually to Firefox, just click the red Firefox button and click Add-ons. Alternatively you can also press Ctrl+Shift+A.

 

You can then click the tool button in the right and then click Install Add-on From File.

 

 

Then a pop-up would appear so you could go choose the file you want to install – in this case the file you just downloaded (ShutDown-InBasic.xpi).

 

There you have it! You can now use Auto Shutdown for Firefox 4 to automatically shutdown your computer after downloads. No need to wait for those long downloads in front of your computer. You can just leave your computer and confidently know that your computer would shutdown by itself.