In this tutorial we will see how to create Shutdown,Restart and Abort shortcut in Vista these short cuts are very useful if you don’t want to go to start menu to shutdown,restart etc
Steps to Create Shutdown,Restart and abort Shortcut in Vista
First Right-click on the desktop -> select New -> Shortcut
In Type the location of the item box you need to enter the following commands which one you want to create shortcut
To Shutdown Computer
Shutdown.exe -s -t 00
To Restart Computer
Shutdown.exe -r -t 00
To Abort computer
shutdown.exe -a
To Lock computer
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
In this example i am showing creating for shutdown and rest of them also same
Enter the command click next
Enter shortcut name and click finish
Now you should see similar to the following icon in your desktop.
If you want to change the icon for this shortcut Right-click on the shortcut icon -> select properties .Once you get the properties window click on Change Icon
Now you should see similar to the following message click ok
Here you need to choose the icon and click on 2 times
You can see your shortcut as below
Enjoy your new shortcut….
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