Shutdown with one click

Most of us like me, sometimes get frustrated to shutdown the system with 3 clicks! Start >> Shutdown >> OK

The easiest solution to this is by creating a shortcut to Shutdown by following the below steps-

1. Right click on an empty space on your desktop and click New>>Shortcut

2. A window will open up titled 'Create Shortcut'. In the text box for 'Type the location of the item:' type

shutdown.exe -s -t 0 and click Next

** shutdown.exe -s -t 0 means shutdown and wait for 0 seconds

Shutdown location

3. Type Shortcut or any desired name for your shortcut and click Finish

4. You will see a new icon created on your desktop which can now be used to shutdown your system

5. Further if you wish to change the icon of your shortcut – Right click the shortcut icon and select Properties

6. Under the Shortcut tab, click Change Icon…

7. Ignore the alert popup by clicking OK

8. Now you can choose the desired icon for your Shutdown shortcut and click OK

Display a message on Shutdown

If you would like to display a message on shutdown, here is how to do it -
In step 2, type shutdown -s -c "message" -t 10 and continue as above with other steps.

For example, shutdown -s -c "Have a Great Day!" -t 10
** Remember not to keep the timer as 0 when you want to display the message

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