How to Make a Shutdown Shortcut in Windows

1. Right-click on an empty area of your Desktop.

2. Roll-over your Pointer on New.

3. Select Shortcut from the menu which appears.

4. Type this code "shutdown -s", without the quotes, in the field with the Caption Type the location of the item:.

5. Click on Next, and then Finish.

6. The code above, would shut down your Windows, as it does normally i.e. By closing each and every program, and then shutting down. But, if you want your Windows to shut down instantly, just by stopping every program, then use this code "shutdown -s -t 00"(00 is the number of seconds till shutdown, if you put 100 it will take 100 seconds),without the quotes in Step 4. Follow Step 5, to complete the creation of a Shutdown Shortcut.

7. If you would like a 'Goodbye' message, just add " -c "TYPE MESSAGE HERE"" to the end of the code.

8. If you want to abort the shutdown got to start, click run and type "shutdown -a"(Note: you can only abort shutdown if you put the nuber of seconds after " -t", it won't work without).