Medico
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I realize these were mentioned before, but for the life of me I could not find them so I am starting a new thread titled for these. They are important enough they deserve to be able to be found easily.
Add Shutdown and Restart shortcuts to your desktop:
Shutdown:
Right click empty spot on desktop and select New, Shortcut
Copy and paste the following in the Window that pops up:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 -f
Click Next and Name this Shutdown, then click Finish
Restart:
Right click empty spot on desktop and select New, Shortcut
Copy and paste the following in the Window that pops up:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00 -f
Click Next and Name this Restart, then click Finish
The only difference in the 2 commands is the character in red.
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To add these same Tiles on the Metro Start Menu:
Navigate to: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Right Click in this folder and select New Shortcut.
Duplicate the steps for Shutdown and Restart above.
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In each of the above shortcuts you can right click the short cuts and select properties. This will allow you to go to properties and change the icons to something slightly more appealing than the generic icons that Win 8 CP assigns.
These command switches are set as follows:
The -f is an extra command that was added in XP that forced running apps to close prior to a shutdown. This extra command appears not to be necessary in Win 7 or Win 8 but does not hurt to have included.
A list of commands can be found Link Removed. You can see the -r and -s commands as well. As you can see the -t switch sets the timer to 00 seconds (this can be set to what ever you specify in your shutdown/restart command)
Add Shutdown and Restart shortcuts to your desktop:
Shutdown:
Right click empty spot on desktop and select New, Shortcut
Copy and paste the following in the Window that pops up:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 -f
Click Next and Name this Shutdown, then click Finish
Restart:
Right click empty spot on desktop and select New, Shortcut
Copy and paste the following in the Window that pops up:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00 -f
Click Next and Name this Restart, then click Finish
The only difference in the 2 commands is the character in red.
Link Removed
To add these same Tiles on the Metro Start Menu:
Navigate to: C:\Users\[USERNAME]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
Right Click in this folder and select New Shortcut.
Duplicate the steps for Shutdown and Restart above.
Link Removed
In each of the above shortcuts you can right click the short cuts and select properties. This will allow you to go to properties and change the icons to something slightly more appealing than the generic icons that Win 8 CP assigns.
These command switches are set as follows:
The -f is an extra command that was added in XP that forced running apps to close prior to a shutdown. This extra command appears not to be necessary in Win 7 or Win 8 but does not hurt to have included.
A list of commands can be found Link Removed. You can see the -r and -s commands as well. As you can see the -t switch sets the timer to 00 seconds (this can be set to what ever you specify in your shutdown/restart command)
