Shutdown you computer with one click !

Ever calculate how many clicks required to shutdown Microsoft Windows? Three clicks ( Start > Turn Off computer... > Turn Off ).

we want faster and simple way to shutdown our computers, so we added a Shutdown computer shortcut on windows desktop.

Create shutdown computer shortcut

1. Right click on any blank space of windows desktop -> New -> Shortcut. A “Create Shortcut” window will open.
   
2. In the blank, type in:
   shutdown.exe -s -t 0
   It means, shutdown and wait for Zero second. Click “Next” button for next step.
3. Type in whatever name you like in the blank. I use “Shutdown”. Then, click “Finish” button.
4. You are done. A new shutdown shortcut is on your windows desktop!

Hey, it is not a shutdown icon like yours!

By default, the shortcut use a “unknown application” icon. We can change it, of course.

Right click on the Shutdown shortcut icon, click “Properties” -> click “Change icon…”. It will popup an alert, ignore it by clicking “Ok” button. You will get a list of icons to choose from:

Spot the Shutdown icon? Select it and click “OK” button twice. Done.

Now, only need one click to shutdown computer.

Tips : - You can also set “Shortcut key” in the shutdown shortcut’s propertise to shutdown computer using keyboard shortcut.

- To create shortcut for Restart computer,
just replace the command with: shutdown.exe -r -t 0

Note : Save your documents, and close all your programes before using this shortcut.