Win XP had a neat tip/trick where you could create a Shutdown shortcut and place the Icon on your desktop. To shutdown your PC, you would just click on the Icon, and voila, your PC shutdown.
Does anyone know if something like this is available in W10?
Hello miata, :)
If you like, Window 10 already has a Power menu you could use to shut down the PC from.
Shut Down Computer in Windows 10 Performance Maintenance Tutorials
If you prefer a desktop shortcut, then you could create a shortcut with a command in Option 8 of the same tutorial above. I like the command below.
shutdown /s /f /t 0
Be careful. The /f parameter forces a shutdown even if data is not saved. I recommend omitting the /f and then it warns you still have unsaved data. It is too easy to click a shutdown shortcut by mistake.Hello miata, :)
If you like, Window 10 already has a Power menu you could use to shut down the PC from.
If you prefer a desktop shortcut, then you could create a shortcut with a command in Option 8 of the same tutorial above. I like the command below.
shutdown /s /f /t 0
Also, if you optionally add /hybrid, it shutsdown in a manner to allowa fastboot restart.
Here's how I have mine:
And their shortcuts:
Shutdown: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00
Restart: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00
I have only those. While we are at it, there used to be way to switch to another OS from a shortcut like that. I had it as a switch from W7 to XP at one time.
A partial protection against some malware, by cleaning temp folders, browser's cache, etc.
Code:start "" "C:\Program Files\CCleaner\CCleaner64.exe" /AUTO /SHUTDOWN
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