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Create an icon to restart or turn off Windows

To avoid clicking in Start, Turn off and select again to turn off, by following this steps you will be able to make it with just a double-click!

1. Right-click in any part of the desktop.

2. Select New, Create shortcut.

3. Depending on your purpose (read the explanation below), write the following:

shutdown \ computername /l /a /r /t: xx " msg " /y /c

\computername - Use this parameter to specify the remote computer to turn off. If it is your pc omit this parameter.

/l: Use this parameter to TURN OFF THE LOCAL COMPUTER.

/a: Use this parameter to finish a turn off operation. You can only use it during the wait of response. In case you use it, the system will omit the rest of the parameters.

/r: If you want to RESTART THE SYSTEM use this parameter.

/t: xx: Use this parameter to specify a time (in seconds) to wait for the system to turn off. The default value is 20.

" msg ": In case you want to show a message during the process of turn off (max characters are 127).

/y: Use this parameter to force an affirmative response to every request from the computer.

/c: This parameter is to get out of every program in execution. If you use it, Windows will force the closure of the programs in execution. It omits the option of saving the information of the opened programs so it can lose the information without been saved.

Examples:

shutdown /l /t:40 /y /c

In this case the computer will turn off in 40 seconds and will display the message “The system will turn off in 40 seconds”

shutdown /r

To restart the system inmediately.



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