Tired of using couple of steps to Shutdown or Restart Windows? You can create a shortcut to shutdown or restart Windows by the following steps. This is applicable for Windows XP
- Right-click on the Desktop region and select New > Shortcut. Create Shortcut wizard appears.
- Enter the following in the box shutdown -s -t 05. This is shown in the screen shot. Click Next.
-s denotes shutdown and -t denotes the time in seconds for the shutdown. The entire usage for shutdown.exe command is given in a subsequent section.
- Enter a name for the shortcut say, Shutdown.
- Click Finish to create the shortcut. A shortcut is now created in your Desktop. Note that the shortcut has a generic icon displayed
- Right-click on the shortcut and choose <Properties> button. Properties window appears.
- Choose <Change Icon> button.
- Click the Browse button and select an icon of your choice. Click <OK>.
- Choose <Apply> to finish. You can also drag this icon to Quick Launch toolbar.
- Click the Shutdown icon to shutdown your computer. Ofcourse, ensure all work is saved – setting a reasonable time for shutdown will also give you a chance to save any unsaved work at the end.
Shutdown Usage
Usage for various arguments is given below.
| Usage: shutdown [-i | -l | -s | -r | -a] [-f] [-m \computername] [-t xx] [-c "c omment"] [-d up:xx:yy] No args Display this message (same as -?) |
Shortcut to Restart
- The steps to create a Restart shortcut are the same as above with the following usage
shutdown -r -t 5 (-r denotes restart option and -t denotes the time in seconds for the restart).
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