Ok, as we all know in order to
shut off our computers, it takes three steps with the mouse to
achieve this function. Well here is a neat desktop shortcut that
will take only a double-click with
the mouse and your computer
will shut down.
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First, on a clear area
of your desktop, right-click your
mouse and you should have the following screen:
Now, position the mouse over
the word New and you will get
this screen:
Then put your pointer over the
word Shortcut and left-click
your mouse once:
In the Command Linebox,enter one of these as the
command:
Use this command if your
operating system is Windows 95, 98, or Me:
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE
user.exe,exitwindows
Use this command if your
operating system is Windows XP:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t
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For
advanced XP users:
In the
Target box, append the command line switch -l (to log
off), -s (to shut down), or -r (to reboot).
If you also add the switch
–t xx (where xx is a number of seconds), Shutdown.exe will
display a warning and count down the specified number of
seconds before activating. Without the
-t xx switch, the default count is 30 seconds. You can specify a comment to be
displayed with the warning by adding the switch -c "Your
text". The countdown behavior is particularly useful if
the shutdown program is launched through the Scheduled
Tasks applet. For example, a library computer might be
scheduled to shut down 10 minutes before closing, with a
60-second warning. Once the countdown has begun, the only
way to stop it is to launch the program again with the -a
(for abort) switch on its command line.
Shutdown.exe
is included with Windows XP, and you can add it to Windows
NT 4.0 or 2000 via the corresponding Resource Kit.
It is important to type the
commands with the appropriate letter case as in the above
examples. If the C: drive is not your local hard drive,
then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive.
At this time click on next and you will see
the following screen. Type in what
ever you would like to name the
new shortcut icon and
left-click
Finish:
You now
have a desktop shortcut that will shut down your computer when
you double click it. I've used the name
Shutdown for my new shortcut icon:
