Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

Posted on April 15, 2008
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Computer Tips, Tricks, Tweaks and Tutorials - Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

Today I have another cool trick for you and it’s a Tip and Trick for Windows XP. Whether it’s real useful is debatable but its fun to know anyway. Today I want to show you how easy it is to create a icon on your desktop that closes down your system without any confirmations.

To create a XP shutdown button on your desktop you’ll need to follow the next simple steps.

· Right click on an empty space on your desktop.

· Select new and shortcut.

· Now type in the window shutdown -s -t 0 (the last character is a zero.)

Computer Tips, Tricks, Tweaks and Tutorials - Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

· Click on next

· And type a name for the shortcut

· And click on finish.

Now you should have a XP shutdown button on your desktop.

· If you now want to modify your XP shutdown button you’ll need to right click on it.

· Select properties

· And click on change icon.

· You might see a warning message that shutdown.exe contains no icons

Computer Tips, Tricks, Tweaks and Tutorials - Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

· Click OK

· And choose a new icon.

Computer Tips, Tricks, Tweaks and Tutorials - Create a XP Shutdown Button on Your Desktop.

Now you have your own customized XP shutdown button on your desktop. If you want to have some fun with your colleagues; change it into a Word or Excel document icon;). Anyway, I hope you’ve enjoyed this tip and trick and I’ll talk to you all tomorrow with a new Outlook Tutorial.

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