How To Create One-click Shutdown and Reboot Shortcuts

Step 1  : Create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and then choosing Shortcut.

The Create Shortcut Wizard appears.

Step 2  : In the box asking for the location of the shortcut, type shutdown.

Step 3  : After you create the shortcut,double-clicking on it will shut down your PC.

But you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your PC. You can add any combination of several switches to do extra duty.

e.g.    shutdown -r -t 01 -c "Rebooting your PC"

Double-clicking on that shortcut will reboot your PC after a one-second delay and display the message "Rebooting your PC." 

The shutdown command includes a variety of switches you can use to customize it.

List of funtions:-

-s

Shuts down the PC.

-l

Logs off the current user.

-t nn

Indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing the action.

-c "messagetext"

Displays a message in the System Shutdown window. A maximum of 127 characters can be used. The message must be enclosed in quotation marks.

e.g.    shutdown -s -t 03 -c "Good Bye Dude"

         shutdown -r -t 03 -c "I'll Be Right Back Soon"

-f

Forces any running applications to shut down.

-r

Reboots the PC.

STEP COMPLETE.......!!!!!

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