Shutdown button is used to Power off the computer components mainly the CPU, RAM, and Hard Disk Drives, although some of the internal components may be running. Usually, this Shutdown button will be available in the start menu of Windows. This simple trick gives you an easy way of creating a shutdown Icon on your desktop. This enables you to shutdown the system directly from your desktop.
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| How To Create A Shutdown shortcut On Your Desktop? |
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In the previous versions of Windows, Shutdown button is available directly from the Start button, but in Windows 8, this start button was removed. This made very difficult for the users to shutdown the computer. There are many ways by which you can shutdown the computer, like using CTRL+ALT+DELETE options to start Task Manager and there you can find shutdown button, which involves the use of two to three steps. But by creating a shortcut on the desktop you can shutdown the computer with single. This article shows you how to create a shutdown shortcut on desktop. Even this, shutdown icon can be pin to taskbar for quick access.
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Steps to create shutdown shortcut on your desktop:
Step1: Right-Click on your desktop. Then select New and Click on Shortcut button as shown below.
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| How To Create A Shutdown shortcut On Your Desktop? |
Step2: A new shortcut will be created on the desktop at the same time a dialog box with Create Shortcut will be opened as shown below.
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| How To Create A Shutdown shortcut On Your Desktop? |
Step3: Type shutdown /s /t 0 in the empty field box and click Next.
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| How To Create A Shutdown shortcut On Your Desktop? |
Step4: Type a name for the shortcut. The shortcut is named shutdown by default. If you would like to name it by yourself, you can enter your desired name and click on Finish button.
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| How To Create A Shutdown shortcut On Your Desktop? |
Step4: Your shutdown shortcut icon is created on the desktop.
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| How To Create A Shutdown shortcut On Your Desktop? |
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Now shutdown shortcut is created on the desktop. Double-click on the Icon and the computer will shutdown. But, the Icon looks unusual; you can even change the Icon of the shortcut further to the usual looking shutdown Icon.
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