Help please! Under 98 I could create a shutdown icon on
the desktop. I have tried the same thing on XP and come up
against a wall.

It was run "rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows"

Any suggestions please

Wooders wrote:

> Help please! Under 98 I could create a shutdown icon on
> the desktop. I have tried the same thing on XP and come up
> against a wall.
>
> It was run "rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows"

Hi

Create a shortcut to the file %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe and add
the following parameters:

-s -t 0


Note that shutdown.exe often has a bad habit of ending up in "It is now safe
to turn of your computer" message when you do a shutdown.

Some other solutions (free) that does not have this problem:

A)
You can use a vbscript to do a shutdown:
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...60%40hydro.com

B)
PsShutdown.exe in the free PsTools suite
http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../pstools.shtml

C)
Wizmo.exe
http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

D)
Budja
http://www.budja.com/shutdown/



--
torgeir
Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...r/default.mspx

Download freeware program "Quick Shutdown" at
http://www.winutility.com/download/



"Torgeir Bakken (MVP)" <Torgeir.Bakken-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Wooders wrote:
>
> > Help please! Under 98 I could create a shutdown icon on
> > the desktop. I have tried the same thing on XP and come up
> > against a wall.
> >
> > It was run "rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows"
>
> Hi
>
> Create a shortcut to the file %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe and add
> the following parameters:
>
> -s -t 0
>
>
> Note that shutdown.exe often has a bad habit of ending up in "It is now
safe
> to turn of your computer" message when you do a shutdown.
>
> Some other solutions (free) that does not have this problem:
>
> A)
> You can use a vbscript to do a shutdown:
> http://groups.google.com/groups?selm...60%40hydro.com
>
> B)
> PsShutdown.exe in the free PsTools suite
> http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/fr.../pstools.shtml
>
> C)
> Wizmo.exe
> http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm
>
> D)
> Budja
> http://www.budja.com/shutdown/
>
>
>
> --
> torgeir
> Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
> Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page
> Scripting Guide:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/com...r/default.mspx
>
>