How to create Shutdown/Restart Tile in Windows 8

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A Shutdown/Restart shortcut Tile in the METRO UI Startmenu in makes the Shutdown/Restart easy. The Windows 7/Vista/XP users are still feel little bit difficult in finding the Shutdown/Restart option in Windows 8 Metro UI Start menu.

Step1: Open Run (Press WinKey+R) and Type below location OR Browse to this folder location.
 
C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Step2: Create a new shortcut by Right click and select New Shortcut

Type the location of the item: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0

Use for Restart function C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -r -t 0



Type a Name for the Shortcut and Finish.

Step3: Go to Start Menu and you will see the newly created shutdown Short-cut