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One Click Shutdown Button Shortcut
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By Raymond Garcia
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How To, One Click Shutdown Button
Shortcut. This is a cool little Windows XP hack
that I read about is a simple and easy way to add a fast
shutdown and fast reboot button to your PC. If you ever
had the need to shutdown or reboot your computer fast
with one only click, then this how to is for you.
There has been time when I'm in a hurry
and need to shut down my PC, fast so I can leave, I'm
sure you have too. So if you find yourself always in a
hurry, then this easy one click shutdown button how to
is for you.
There has been times when I need to do a
quick reboot because my computer is running funky. I think
you know what I'm talking about, or sometimes we just
want a quick reboot to get a fresh start.
The easy steps below will show you how to
make your own one click shutdown button and a quick reboot
button. The one click shutdown shortcuts will be automatically
put on your desktop, but to make it even more convent
you can put one or both buttons on your taskbar. I use
this technique to create two buttons, a shutdown and reboot
shortcuts button and put them on my toolbar. Now I can
shut down my computer fast, and rebooting my computer
fast with just one click.
Once you made your two shortcut buttons
on your desktop you can show your friends and family.
So they will know your are truly a computer Geek!
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The Steps: One Click Shutdown Button Shortcut
1. Shutdown shortcut: The
first step to a your one click shutdown shortcut button,
is to right-click on your desktop, now choose New, then
choose Shortcut. The Windows Shortcut Wizard will appear.
In the box that appears, in the "location of shortcut
area" type in shutdown -s to
shutdown. For the name leave it shutdown or type in a
new name like SHUTDOWN or OFF.
2. Reboot shortcut:
The first step to your one click reboot shortcut button,
is to right-click on your desktop, now choose New, then
choose Shortcut. The Windows Shortcut Wizard will appear.
In the box that appears, in the "location of shortcut"
area type in shutdown -r
to reboot. For the name type in Reboot or Restart.
3. After you have
create your shortcuts on your desktop, just double-click
on one to shut down or reboot your computer. Now it time
to customize your new shortcuts. One Click Shutdown Button Shortcut. Remember to come back
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4, Switches you can
use with shutdown shortcuts. There are some switches you
can use to customize your shutdown shortcuts. To use the
switches type in, shutdown -s
will shut down PC, shutdown -r will
reboot PC,
shutdown -f will forces any running
applications to shot down, shutdown
-l will log off the current
user, shutdown -t nn will
indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing
the action, and
shutdown -c "message"
will display
a message in the System Shutdown windows, max 127 characters
and must be enclosed in quotation marts.
5. I use these two technique to create one
shutdown & one reboot shortcuts on my desktop, one
for turning off my computer, and one for rebooting. These
are the ones I use:
6. Just a little more customizing. Now your
need to change the icons to a better looking icons. Right
click on your new shutdown shortcut and pick properties
on the menu. Then click on change icon, now pick a new
icon for your shortcuts. I picketed the red icon for the
shutdown shortcut and a green icon for the reboot shortcut.
The shutdown shortcuts are automatically put on your desktop,
but to make it more convent I put them both on my toolbar.
You can move them by dragging and dropping them on to
your quick launch toolbar, it up to you.
Now you have two new one click shutdown
and reboot shortcut buttons on your desktop and or toolbar.
One Click Shutdown Button Shortcut. Easy yes! Remember to come back to WebTechGeek.com for
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