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    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10

    How to Shut Down the Computer in Windows 10
    Published by Category: Performance & Maintenance
    12 Mar 2022
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Shut Down the Computer in Windows 10


    If you don't plan to use your PC for a while, then you could shut down (turn off) the PC. A shutdown will close all apps, sign out all users, and completely turn off the PC. Hybrid shutdown performs a shutdown of the computer and prepares it for fast startup.

    Starting with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update:

    Old behavior:
    - When you shut down your PC, all apps are closed
    - After reboot/restart, you have to re-open any app you'd like to use

    New behavior:
    - When shutting down your PC, any open apps are "bookmarked" (for lack of a better word)
    - After reboot/restart, these apps will re-open automatically

    Workaround:
    - Shut down all apps before you shut down or restart the PC.
    OR
    - Shut down from Alt+F4 Shut Down Windows dialog.
    OR
    - Add Shut down Context Menu in Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

    Source: Programs autostart after boot in Windows 10 Insider Preview 16257 - Microsoft Community
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    UPDATE: Starting with Windows 10 build 17040:

    Based on your feedback, the feature to restore applications that have registered for application restart after you reboot or shutdown (through power options available on the Start Menu and various other locations) has been set to only occur for users that have enabled “Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting my device after an update or restart” in the Privacy section under Sign-in Options Settings.

    This tutorial will show you different ways on how to do a hybrid shutdown (fast startup) or full shutdown of your Windows 10 PC.


    Contents







    OPTION ONE

    To Shut down Computer from Start Menu


    If you have fast startup turned on, then this option will perform a hybrid shutdown instead of a full shutdown.

    If you do, then you can press and hold the Shift key, click/tap on Shut down, and release the Shift key to perform a full shutdown.


    1 Open the Start menu , click/tap on the Power button Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-power.jpg, and click/tap on Shut down. (see screenshots below)

    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-start_menu.jpg
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    OPTION TWO

    To Shut down Computer from Win+X Power User Tasks Menu


    If you have fast startup turned on, then this option will perform a hybrid shutdown instead of a full shutdown.

    If you do, then you can press and hold the Shift key, click/tap on Shut down, and release the Shift key to perform a full shutdown.


    1 Open the Win+X Power User Tasks Menu, click/tap on Shut down or sign out, and click/tap on Shut down. (see screenshot below)

    OR

    2 Press the Win + X keys, press U, and press U again.

    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-win-x.png






    OPTION THREE

    To Shut down Computer from Alt+F4 Shut Down Windows Dialog


    If you have fast startup turned on, then this option will perform a hybrid shutdown instead of a full shutdown.

    If you do, then you can press and hold the Shift key, click/tap on Shut down, and release the Shift key to perform a full shutdown.


    1 Click/tap on your desktop to make it the current focused (active) window, and press the Alt + F4 keys.

    2 Select Shut down in the drop down menu, and click/tap on OK or press Enter. (see screenshots below)

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    OPTION FOUR

    To Shut down Computer from Ctrl+Alt+Del Screen


    If you have fast startup turned on, then this option will perform a hybrid shutdown instead of a full shutdown.

    If you do, then you can press and hold the Shift key, click/tap on Shut down, and release the Shift key to perform a full shutdown.


    1 Press the Ctrl + Alt + Del keys, click/tap on the Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-power.jpg Power button, and click/tap on Shut down. (see screenshot below)

    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-ctrl-alt-del_power.jpg






    OPTION FIVE

    To Shut down Computer from Sign-in Screen


    If you have fast startup turned on, then this option will perform a hybrid shutdown instead of a full shutdown.

    If you do, then you can press and hold the Shift key, click/tap on Shut down, and release the Shift key to perform a full shutdown.


    1 While on the sign-in screen, click/tap on the Power button Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-power.jpg, and click/tap on Shut down. (see screenshot below)

    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-sign-in_screen.jpg






    OPTION SIX

    To Shut down Computer using Power Buttons and Lid


    This option is to specify what your computer does when you close the lid and/or press the power button.

    If you press the power button once, it'll perform the action set in this option.

    If you press and hold the power button until the PC turns off, it performs a hard shutdown. A hard shutdown should be used as a last resort since it doesn't give the system time to tell running apps to close first.


    1 Open your Power Options.

    2 Expand open Power buttons and lid, specify what action (ex: Shut down) you want for Lid close action (ex: for laptops), Power button action, and Sleep button action, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-power_buttons.png






    OPTION SEVEN

    Slide to Shut down your PC


    If you like, you can create a slide to shut down shortcut to use where you like.


    1 Press the Win + R keys to open the Run dialog, type SlideToShutDown.exe into Run, and click/tap on OK.

    2 Do the action below you want to use. (see screenshot below)
    • Slide the slide to shut down screen to the bottom of the touch screen to shut down your PC.
    • Click and hold with mouse or touchpad and drag the slide to shut down screen to the bottom of the display and release to shut down your PC.
    • Press Enter while on the slide to shut down screen to shut down your PC.
    • Click/tap on the slide to shut down screen to cancel


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    OPTION EIGHT

    To Shut down Computer from Command Prompt


    1 Open a command prompt, type the command below you want to use, and press Enter.

    shutdown /p

    Performs a full shutdown by turning off the local computer with no time-out or warning. Shutdown will stop if there are any unsaved jobs, and will then prompt if you want to save on the desktop.


    OR

    shutdown /p /f

    Forces running apps to close, and turns off the local computer with no time-out or warning.


    OR

    shutdown /s

    Performs a full shutdown of the computer.


    OR

    shutdown /sg

    Performs a full shutdown of the computer. On the next boot, restart any registered applications.


    OR

    shutdown /s /f /t 0

    Immediately force running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer.


    OR

    shutdown /s /t xxx

    Performs a full shutdown of the computer after a timeout period you specified in seconds. Substitute xxx in the command above with between 0-315360000 seconds you want for the timeout period. If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f (force) parameter is implied.


    OR

    shutdown /s /c "Your comment here"

    Displays a warning with your comment, and performs a full shutdown of the computer. Substitute Your comment here in the command above with the comment you want up to 512 characters.
    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-comment.png


    OR

    shutdown /s /t xxx /c "Your comment here"

    Displays a warning notice with your comment, and performs a full shutdown of the computer after a timeout period you specified in seconds.

    Substitute Your comment here in the command above with the comment you want up to 512 characters.

    Substitute xxx in the command above with between 0-315360000 seconds you want for the timeout period. If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f (force) parameter is implied.
    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-comment.png


    OR

    shutdown /s /hybrid

    Performs a hybrid shutdown of the computer.


    OR

    shutdown /s /hybrid /f /t 0

    Immediately force running applications to close, and then performs a shutdown of the computer and prepares it for fast startup.


    OR

    shutdown /s /hybrid /t xxx

    Performs a shutdown of the computer and prepares it for fast startup after a timeout period you specified in seconds. Substitute xxx in the command above with between 0-315360000 seconds you want for the timeout period. If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f (force) parameter is implied.


    OR

    shutdown /s /hybrid /c "Your comment here"

    Displays a warning with your comment, and performs shutdown of the computer and prepares it for fast startup. Substitute Your comment here in the command above with the comment you want up to 512 characters.
    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-comment.png


    OR

    shutdown /s /hybrid /t xxx /c "Your comment here"

    Displays a warning notice with your comment, and performs a hybrid shutdown of the computer after a timeout period you specified in seconds.

    Substitute Your comment here in the command above with the comment you want up to 512 characters.

    Substitute xxx in the command above with between 0-315360000 seconds you want for the timeout period. If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f (force) parameter is implied.
    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-comment.png






    OPTION NINE

    To Shut down Computer from PowerShell


    To see all Stop-Computer options in Windows PowerShell 5.0, see: Stop-Computer


    1 Open Windows PowerShell, type the command below you want to use, and press Enter.

    stop-computer

    Performs a full shutdown of the computer.


    OR

    stop-computer -force

    Forces running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer.


    OR

    stop-computer -confirm

    Prompts you to confirm before performing a full shutdown of the computer.
    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-powershell_confirm.png


    OR

    stop-computer -force -confirm

    Prompts you to confirm before forces running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer.
    Shut Down Computer in Windows 10-powershell_confirm.png



    That's it,
    Shawn Brink






  1. Posts : 30
    Windows 10
       #1

    Hello Brink,

    "shutdown /s Performs a full shutdown of the computer."
    "shutdown /s /hybrid Performs a hybrid shutdown of the computer."
    So "shutdown /p" performs which kind of shutdown? As far as I know there is 2 kind of shutdown: Classic (Full shutdown (Windows 7, XP etc)) and Hybrid (Windows 8 and w10) So is there a third way to shutdown which I didin't know?


    EDIT: Ok I get it myself.

    shutdown /p also performs a full shutdown. But no wait time. Also stops shutdown if there is any unsaved jobs
    shutdown /s Performs a full shutdown but 30 secs. waiting.
    Last edited by Yasak Hayat; 12 Aug 2015 at 12:26.
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  2. Posts : 68,652
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #2

    Hello Yasak,

    Sorry for the late reply.

    You are correct in what you found. /P also stands for a "planned" shutdown.
      My Computers


  3. Posts : 25
    Windows 10
       #3

    Option Two seems to do a hybrid shutdown in my case.
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 68,652
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Correct. :)
      My Computers


  5. Posts : 25
    Windows 10
       #5

    I thought it was supposed to do a full shutdown.
      My Computer


  6. Posts : 68,652
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       #6

    It does in Windows 8.1, but it doesn't appear to do so in Windows 10.
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  7. Posts : 2,297
    Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
       #7

    What is the best way to shutdown safely if you suddenly cannot see the monitor? My desktop PC is on ups power but the monitor is not (as I don't want exceed the ups supply). I have memorised the keystrokes as Windows key, 2 arrow presses up, hit enter, two arrow presses up and enter again. This will shut it down (hybrid on mine as fast start up is enabled) but say I was in the middle of a game and not in the desktop then that method would not work. I am thinking as per another thread discussion of trying to get a small cheap ups for the monitor at some stage but in the interim it does worry me. I don't live in an area notorious for power cuts but the other week there was obviously some kind of external issue as the power cut and returned about four times in an hour. The keystroke method worked well for me and I stayed well away from the PC for hours until I was sure the external problem had been addressed. Holding down power button for five secs to force shutdown worries me greatly that it could bugger Windows up if you were unlucky!
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  8. Posts : 27,162
    Win11 Pro, Win10 Pro N, Win10 Home, Windows 8.1 Pro, Ubuntu
       #8

    Just pushing the power button once will soft shutdown(PC tells running programs they have so & so long to close), and that's just like using the Win+X shutdown option.
    Holding the button on the other hand, is a hard shut down and crashes the PC, not giving the system time to tell running programs to close.
      My Computers


  9. Posts : 2,297
    Windows 10 Pro (64 bit)
       #9

    Thanks that's perfect. I checked my settings and that is how it is configured. Press power and that does shutdown, so that's a simple quick press then and will shut it down safely even if I was mid game?
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