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Other Operating Systems => Windows 7 All => Windows 7 | Windows 9 => Fixes => Topic started by: javajolt on March 10, 2010, 03:08:15 AM
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Windows 7 has made my life easier with lots of functionality and putting the tools and functions I use daily in easy to find locations. One of them is Shutdown button, which many Vista users couldn’t find without calling the help desk. Now with Windows 7 you can shut down your machine in just two clicks.
In Windows Vista , XP and other versions you still have to click couple of times just to shut down. I’m always looking for ways to save time and clicks, and even the streamlined Windows 7 shutdown was too much for me. I couldn’t imagine shutting down Windows Vista and XP without getting frustrated so I looked for a more effect way to shut down your computer. I found that if you create a shortcut on your desktop you can shut down Windows in just one click!
Best of all, it will work on almost any version of Windows and you can follow the easy directions below to set up your computer for a one-click shutdown.
Step 1: Go to your desktop, right click and select ‘New’ button. See screen shot below.
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Step 2: Select ‘Shortcut’ from new menu. See screen shot below.
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Step 3: You will get one screen to enter the command or browse the item to create shortcut. See below screen shot.
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Step 4: Type command ‘shutdown.exe –s –t 00 ’ in the open windows without the quotes. See below screen shot.
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Step 5: Click on ‘Next’ button. See screen shot below.
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Step 6: Name the shortcut, we chose shutdown. See screen shot below.
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Step 7: Click the ‘Finish’ button to create the shortcut on your desktop.
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Step 8: Now you can find the shortcut on your desktop to shut down your window machine in just one click. See below screen shot.
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Now you are done and can shut down your windows machine in just one click; but if you want a fancy looking power off icon follow the rest of the tutorial to change your new shortcut’s icon.
Step 9: Right click on shortcut and select ‘properties’. See below screen shot.
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Step 10: A window will pop up with shut down properties. See below screen shot.
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Step 11: Click on the ‘Change Icon’ button. See below screen shot.
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Step 12: A window will pop up and will tell there is no current icon associated with your shortcut and will ask you to choose icon from file. Press OK. See below screen shot.
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Step 13: After pressing ‘OK’. another window will open and you can select any icon from the file and press ‘OK’
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Step 14: After pressing ok the shutdown properties window will show you new icon as in the below screen shot. Click on Apply and then OK.
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Step 15: Enjoy the ability to shutdown your computer with one click and a shiny power off icon on your desktop.
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Disclaimer: Screen shots are from Windows 7. I have tested this tweak on Windows Vista and Windows 7. If you test on other windows please let us know how it works for you.