How to Create a Shutdown Shortcut on Your Desktop
Below you will find instructions on how to create such a shortcut on your desktop. You can also view the one pager by clicking on the pic tutorial icon. As always comments/suggestions are always welcome.
1.Right-click your Desktop Computer and select New > Shortcut from the drop down menu
2. In the browse box type: SHUTDOWN -s -t 01, click Next
3. Type a desired name for your shortcut, click Finish
4. After completing this step, you should have a new shortcut on your desktop that allows you to shut down your computer by simply clicking on it.
5. When done verify function of the shortcut by double-clicking on it.
A neat thing you can do after this is to right-click the shortcut and select ‘properties’. Then click ‘change icon’ and select the ‘power on/off’ icon to represent the shortcut. Now it really looks the part doesn’t it!!
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