Monday, June 10, 2013

One click to shutdown/restart/logout from Windows 8

It is quite annoying to shutdown or reboot the Windows 8, specially when configured the power button to do nothing, here is how to create a tile on Windows 8 Start UI for Shut down, restart or logout,

  1. On the desktop, right click to create a new shortcut
  2. Type the following on the "type the location of the item" field
    • Shutdown: shutdown /s /t 0
    • Restart: shutdown /r /t 0
    • Logout: shutdown /l /t 0
  3. Provide the name for the shortcut and click OK
  4. Select the shortcut, right click to Properties, and Change Icon
  5. Select the icon for the shortcut, click OK
  6. Right click and select Pin to Start Menu

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