Create Shutdown, Restart, Log Off, Suspend Shortcuts on Windows Desktop

At times, we do feel the need of having a simple and easy way for accessing different Windows menus. One way is by using Keyboard Shortcuts to shut down Windows. Another way is by creating shortcuts for these menus. This tutorial will walk you through the process of creating shortcuts for various power option menus in Windows – shortcut to shut down, restart, log off and suspend your Windows computers easily.

Create SHUTDOWN shortcut

Right click on an empty area on your desktop. Select New > Shortcut.

In the first box of the Create Shortcut Wizard, type : Shutdown -s -t 00.

Click Next. Name the shortcut: Shutdown , and click Finish.

Then select an appropriate icon for it!

To give it inicon, right-click on the newly created shortcut > Properties > Shortcut tab > Change Icon button. Select one from the system icons or browse to the icon of your choice and click OK.

Create RESTART Shortcut

In the first box of the Create Shortcut Wizard, type : Shutdown -r -t 00

Click Next. Name the shortcut : Restart , and click Finish.

Again, select an appropriate icon for it.

Create LOG OFF Shortcut

In the first box of the Create Shortcut Wizard, type : Shutdown.exe -L

Click Next. Name the shortcut : Log Off, and click Finish.

Then select an appropriate icon for it.

Create SUSPEND shortcut

In the Create Shortcut wizards location text box appears, type:

rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

Give the shortcut a name like Hibernate and select an icon for it.

Normally you have to enter the “administrator password” every time, since the system command needs elevated privileges.