Great - I used this short cut for a long time, lost it and now it is found. (Sound a little like a song I know )

Thanks
T2

[angelize56]

Reposting directions. See important step for <b>XP</b> in bold below. Take care. angel

1. Navigate to your desktop.

2. On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut). You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.

3. Enter one of these as the path:

Use this path if your operating system is <b>Windows 95, 98, or Me</b>:

C:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows

Use this path if your operating system is <b>XP</b>:

SHUTDOWN -s -t 01

<b>If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace "C" with the correct letter of the hard drive.</b>

Click the "Next" button.
Name the shortcut and click the "Finish" button.

Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you're done. Also, if you want to make life better and faster, you can right-click the new shortcut you just made, go to Properties, and type in X (or whatever letter) in the Shortcut Key box.

[buck52]

Howdy

scroll up a couple of posts in this thread

SHUTDOWN -s -t 01 is not a one click shutdown for XP

TypeSK

I think you will find that that command line will only take you as far as the it is now safe to shutdown your computer window with XP...you will still have to manually push the power button

buck

buck

[angelize56]

Howdy Buck: I know that if you're addressing me. I was just making sure everyone knew about replacing the <b>C</b> with the correct letter of their HD if using WinXP. Take care and I better stay in <b>Random</b>. angel

[pyritechips]

Hi People!
Here's what I use. I have 2 shortcut buttons on my taskbar for one button shutdown and reboot:

Reboot: C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindowsexec

Shutdown: C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows

These work fine with one exception: If I have used ctrl+alt+del to close programs to install, for example, the restart button will reboot the computer only half way through the sequence then hang. Then I have to use the tower's reset button. But for all other times, as example when I want to "refresh" my RAM, it works quite well.

~Jim