Create shortcut icons for shutdown restart and logout in windows 8

Create shortcut icons for shutdown restart and logout in windows 8

In windows 8, to access shutdown, restart and logout, we need to move our mouse in the top right corner and then use these options from the Settings>Power button. But what if you could get extra buttons for shutdown, restart and logout right on your desktop or in your taskbar, or in your taskbar?
Well, In this post, Ill tell you how to create shortcuts for shutdown, restart and logout in your task bar from where you can perform these actions just in a single click. simply follow the steps:
1. Right click on your desktop and click New > Shortcut.

2. Now type shutdown.exe /s /t 0 in the create shortcut box and click NEXT.

3. Now type the name of the shortcut, such as shutdown and click FINISH.

4. Now a shortcut icon will be created on your desktop. Right click over this icon and click PROPERTIES. Then click CHANGE ICON.

5. Now select any icon you like and click OK. The icon of your shortcut will be changed.

6. Now, you can drag it and drop into your taskbar to make it a shutdown button. In the same way, you cancreate shortcut buttons for logout and restart also. Use the following text for step 2:
Logout : shutdown.exe /l
Restart : shutdown.exe /r /t 0
Thats it. You have created your shortcut icons for shutdown, logout and restart. You can download the buttons from this link also.

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Create a shortcut to lock a PC in Vista

Create a shortcut to lock a PC in Vista

Slice steps off your system log-off routine by putting a log-off shortcut on your desktop.

Start by right-clicking an empty space on the desktop and then selecting New shortcut. In the space below Type the location of the item, type in rundll32.exe user32.DLL, LockWorkStation (remember to watch your spacing and case).

Finally, create a clever name for the icon besides the default "rundll32"�how about "Lock PC"? Then click the shortcut to lock your computer with ease.

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Create Documents Desktop Downloads Music Video folder shortcut icon on LXDE desktop

Create Documents Desktop Downloads Music Video folder shortcut icon on LXDE desktop

Documents folder icon in desktop of LXDE Lubuntu

In this post I will tell you how to create Documents shortcut icon or launcher in desktop on LXDE based Linux distribution like Lubuntu, Salix, Peppermint ,Archlinux, Opensuse, Fedora, Gentoo, Vectorlinux, Zorin, Porteus etc. Here is the simplest method.

Open terminal from Main menu or pressing "Alt+Ctrl+t". Run the command below. No need to use sudo.

cd Desktop ln -s ~/ Documents 

Press Enter. A Documents folder shortcut icon/ launcher has been created in your LXDE desktop.

In this way you can create  Desktop Downloads Music Video folder shortcut icon on any LXDE desktop.

To know How to create Home and Trash shortcut icon/ launcher in any LXDE based operating systems desktop, please read "Home Documents Desktop Icon on Lubuntu LXDE".

If you quite more curious then you may read this page titled "Adding Applications, Internet Links to the Desktop, .Desktop Files, On The Path".

To explore the world of LXDE you may visit the greate Distrowatch.

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Create Shut down Restart Log off shortcut in Windows XP

Create Shut down Restart Log off shortcut in Windows XP

Windows XP has a program called Shutdown.exe that lets you easily create icons to shutdown or restart the computer.

To create a shortcut to the shutdown:

Right-click an empty area of the desktop
Select New / Shortcut
Enter in "shutdown -s -t 00" - no quotes (For Shut Down)
Click the Next button
For the name, type in whatever you want. Just use the shutdown. Click the Finish button.

To restart the system, type "shutdown -r -t 00"
For log off, type "shutdown -l -t 00"


Shutdown [{-l |-s |-r |-a}] [-f] [-m [ computer]] [-t xx] [-c "message"] [-d [u] [p] : xx: yy]

Parameters

-L - Logs off the current user, this is also the defualt. -M computer name has priority.
-S - Turn off the local computer.
-R - Restart after shutdown.
-A - Aborts shutdown. Ignores other parameters, except-l and ComputerName. Can only be used during the period, a timeout.
-F - Forces running applications to close.
-M [ computer] - Specifies the computer that you want to stop.
-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 window closing system. You can use a maximum of 127 characters. You must enclose the message in quotes.

(You can try this trick in any next version of  Windows. It may work but not so sure.)

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