Difference between shimatte arimasu and shimete arimasu


In [this link](https://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/japanese-verbs-state-
continuation-transitive.html), it is explained that _shimeru_ is a transitive
verb and so it can take the _-te aru_ ending but _shimaru_ is an intransitive
verb so it can take the _-te imasu_ ending.

However, in some grammar textbooks (such as [this one
here](https://books.google.co.in/books?id=CUXRAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT364&lpg=PT364&dq=shimatte%20arimasu&source=bl&ots=00FCzjsJHl&sig=ACfU3U3UGlomX4Nxa6Z4J7KkNLq_dCfemg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj-
kvGx1Y3oAhWrwjgGHambDl4Q6AEwB3oECAoQAQ)) I have seen _shimatte arimasu_ as
well:

> 使わないものはクローゼットにしまってあります。  
>  _Tsukawanai mono wa kurōzetto ni shimatte arimasu._
>
> I leave things that I do not use in my closet.

What is the difference?




(Using the example sentences from the links you provided.)

> 使わないものはクローゼットにしまってあります。  
>  _tsukawanai mono wa kurōzetto ni shimatte arimasu._
>
> I leave things that I do not use in my closet.

Here しまって is the _te_ -form of the transitive verb しまう "to put away / to
store".

* * *

> 窓が[閉まって]{しまって}います。  
>  _mado ga shimatte imasu._
>
> The window was/is closed.

Here しまって is the _te_ -form of the intransitive verb 閉まる.

