Creating Icons for Shutdown and Reboot

[Orlando]

WindowsXP has a program called SHUTDOWN.EXE which allows you to easily create icons to shutdown or restart your computer.In case you find it irritating to access the Start Menu in order to shut down or reboot the computer, you have to create a shutdown and reboot icon for the desktop.

To create a shutdown Icon:-

Right click on an open area of the desktop
Select New / Shortcut
Enter in "shutdown -s -t 00" - no quotes
Press the Next button
For the name, enter in anything you like. I just use shutdown. Click on the Finish button. Thats it..

To create icon for reboot: enter "shutdown -r -t 00"

To create icon for Logoff: enter "shutdown -l -t 00"

[O'Brian]

Desktop Shutdown Icon

1. Right click on the desktop
   
   
2. Click [New] [Shortcut] to open the Create Shortcut Wizard
   
   
3. Type [shutdown -s -t 00] without the brackets.
   
   
4. Click [Next] and type a descriptive name of your choosing for the shortcut
   
   
5. Click [Finish]

Desktop Reboot Icon

1. Right click on the desktop
   
   
2. Click [New] [Shortcut] to open the Create Shortcut Wizard
   
   
3. Type [shutdown -r -t 00] without the brackets.
   
   
4. Click [Next] and type a descriptive name of your choosing for the shortcut
   
   
5. Click [Finish]

[aalbaiz]

Parameters

" l " Logs off the current user, this is also the defualt. -m ComputerName takes precedence.
" s " Shuts down the local computer.
" r " Reboots after shutdown.
" a " Aborts shutdown. Ignores other parameters, except -l and ComputerName. You can only use -a during the time-out period.
" f " Forces running applications to close.
" m[\\ComputerName] " Specifies the computer that you want to shut down.
" t xx " Sets the timer for system shutdown in xx seconds. The default is 20 seconds.
"c "message" " Specifies a message to be displayed in the Message area of the System Shutdown window. You can use a maximum of 127 characters. You must enclose the message in quotation marks.