Wednesday, June 1, 2011

How to Create Shortcut to Shutdown / Restart / Lock Windows 7 or Vista

 First right-click on the desktop, choose New and then Shortcut. image
In the shortcut location box, you’ll need to enter the correct command, which I’ve listed for you below.
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Shutdown Computer
Shutdown.exe -s -t 00
Restart Computer
Shutdown.exe -r -t 00
Lock Workstation
Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation
Hibernate Computer
rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
Sleep Computer
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
When you’ve clicked next on the above dialog, you’ll be asked to name the shortcut. Probably best to name it according to the right function.
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After you click Finish, you should now have a new icon that you can double-click to immediately shutdown, restart, or lock your computer.

Change Shortcut Icon
If you want to have separate shortcuts for each function you might want to change the icon. Right-click on the icon and choose properties.
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Click the Change Icon button, and then you can pick from the available icons in the system, or you can use the Browse button to pick an icon you downloaded off the web.
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Note that you can drag them to your quick launch bar if you’d prefer to have them there.

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