Shutdown your PC with shortcuts

Here are some tricks with which you can shutdown, hibernate and restart your PC with shortcuts


Right click on the Desktop.
Left click on New > Shortcut.

 In the Type the location of the item: textbox enter
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s

The -s parameter is used to shut down the computer.

The following two parameters can be used with -s:
-f Forces running applications to close without warning.
-t xx Set timeout for shutdown to xx seconds.

The following command would shut down instantly.
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -f -t 00
Click the Next > button.

In the Type a name for this shortcut: text box enter
Shutdown (or some other name of your choice)

Click the Finish button.

Similarly you can create other shortcuts

Restart :     replace 's' with 'r' %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r
Hibernate:   rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

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