Shutdown / Restart

Make desktop shortcut or put into rightclick menu
Shutdown
%SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown.exe /f /s /t 0
Restart
%SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown.exe /f /r /t 00
Log Off
%SystemRoot%\System32\shutdown.exe /f /l
f - forced
s - shutdown
r - restart
l - log off
t - time before process begins in seconds , 0 or 00 means immediately

Abort all previously given processes(shutdown, restart):
%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -a

Sleep
%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
Hibernate
%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

Kill or running programs
%SystemRoot%\System32\taskkill.exe /F /FI "USERNAME eq Your username" /FI "IMAGENAME ne explorer.exe" /FI "IMAGENAME ne dwm.exe

NB! replace username with Your username

UAC Settings
%windir%\system32\useraccountcontrolsettings.exe

Screen Saver Settings
%SystemRoot%\System32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL desk.cpl,,1

Local Group Policy Editor
%windir%\System32\gpedit.msc

User password asking =>turn it on or off if computer starts
%windir%\System32\control.exe userpasswords2

Show/hide taskbar hidden icons(these what is on rightside on taskbar) old look (like it was in win7)
Notification Area Icons
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}

UWP File Explorer (windows built in app)
%windir%\explorer.exe shell:AppsFolder\c5e2524a-ea46-4f67-841f-6a9465d9d515_cw5n1h2txyewy!App

On-Screen Keyboard
%windir%\system32\osk.exe

What else would be need?

 

I have put a couple shortcuts on the Start Menu for shutdown and restart, plus on he context menu too. They work a treat.
Later on when I fire the thing up I will gather my scripts and share.
Grabbed a couple of nice looking icons too to make things look pretty.

 

Or if you want some eye candy you can install Rocket Dock (or any other dock for Windows) and use their shut down and restart icons.

BTW: 'Afsluiten' is Dutch for 'Shut Down'...

 

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One small note: I recommend using / not -
- used in XP and also in Vista, but the newer is /, although - works also.

 

While I admire the enthusiasm of the above posters... There is quicker, easier and more reliable way to shutdown your machine than the above methods.

Just press the power button on your PC and it will initiate a (clean) shutdown of the machine - just like the methods posted above.

You can also hold down the power button for 3 seconds to initiate a (dirty) shutdown of the machine.

 

Yes, press it 4 seconds to shutdown, next boot it will ask if you want to troubleshoot or start scanning the drives for errors

All the "fast" shutdowns above override the windows actions to show that there still are programs or other important files opened, and it will shutdown and not saving the files.

 

Why bother pressing the powerbutton and just pull the powercord..?
Like shutting down the ignition on your car while still doing 65 on the highway...

 

Easiest way imo win+x then press double U to shutdown, win+x then u->s to sleep.

 

Been using the power button shutdown since my XP days and have never had a problem. But now I don't use Win10 so that may be a problem??

 

Pushing the powerbutton for 4sec to shutdown is a hardware shutdown, windows never gets to power down so there will be problems when booting up again, also on older OS.

 

Well I am on win7 now and like I said no problems here.

 

Doing a hard shutdown using the power button is never a good idea. The reason is that files that are cached in system memory don't get a chance to be written back to disk, resulting in data loss. This is why, when you update Windows and are asked to reboot, you see the message "Windows is installing updates: Do not turn off your computer". Bad things will happen if you don't follow that advice.

 

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Press the power button and just release it when the power led is off.

 

@Enthousiast is right. Shutting down your computer using the button may cause problems
i rarely use it. Only if there are no more options

On older systems, ScanDisk was always triggered after an improper shutdown

As @Enthousiast also, explained, holding down the button for 4 seconds & release it will forcibly shut down the hardware but will not preserve your computer from possible errors/corrupted files/unsaved work related to cutting power to Windows and not giving it the necessary time to properly exit runing applications and shut down itself.

 

The steps to add shutdown/restart buttons on your task bar are:

1.Navigate to:C:\Users\[USERID]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
2.Right-Click & select New -> Shortcut
3.Type the location of the item: C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t 0 (This can be changed as shown above for Restart)
4.Click Next
5.Type a name for this shortcut: Shutdown NOW! (Restart Now)
6.Click Finish
7.Press Windows Key to return to Start Page
8.Right-Click on the new tile
9.Click Open file location
10.Click Change Icon ( You'll see RED Shutdown, BUT, Tip - scroll across to find the Restart icon)
11.Click OK when you get the error message.
12.Click the Shutdown Icon
13.Click OK
14.Click Apply
15.Click OK

 

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