Shutdown and Restart your Computer In Seconds - How to?

Finding difficulties to shut down or restart computer in Windows-XP?? Here is a handy little shortcut I use on all my desktops. It saves the hassle of clicking START, Turn Off Computer, then choosing Shutdown or Restart and also annoying End now window.

Just Follow the Steps below to create Desktop Shortcuts to Shutdown and Restart your PC in Seconds:

Create A Shutdown Icon

To create a shutdown icon on your desktop do the following,

Right click anywhere on your desktop and select New >> Shortcut

In the new window that opens Copy paste this command,

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00

Click Next and Name it Shutdown as shown below

You will get an icon as shown below,

Clicking this Icon will Shutdown your Windows Instantly. If you don’t like the Icon Image, you can customize it too. Do the following

Right Click on the shutdown Icon and select Properties a window will open as shown below,

Click Change Icon button and choose an Icon from those available,

You can also download an icon of your choice and save it to your local drive. To use an icon of your choice simply click the browse button and specify the path where you have saved the icon.

Your new Shutdown Icon will look like this,

Create A Restart Icon:

Follow exactly all the steps discussed above to create a Restart Icon. You only need to add a different command for your Restart Icon. Here is the code for your Restart Icon,