One click shut down?

[Feliks Dzerzhinsky]

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For reasons that defy logic, MS has always forced you to make 3 mouse
clicks just to turn the computer off. There has got to be an easier
way. Anyone know how?

If there isn't, I will settle for a two click shut down. Anyone know
how to change the little (') button from sleep to shut down?

Now, before the Linux trolls descend on this and say MS is bad, I will
point out that most Linux desktops use the same brain-dead 3-click
procedure.


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[Richard Urban]

Why not just place 2 shortcuts on your desktop, one for Restart and one for
Shutdown.

Create a new shortcut on your desktop. Browse to
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe

Right click, go to "send to" | "desktop create shortcut"

After it has been created, rename the shortcut to Restart Computer. Then go
to the
shortcut's properties and paste "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /r /t 002"
in the target line. This will restart the computer after 2 seconds.

Create a 2nd new shortcut for shutdown.exe. After it has been created,
rename the
shortcut to Shutdown Computer.Place "C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe /s /t
002"
in the target line. This will shutdown the computer after 2 seconds.

In the above examples DO NOT include the quotation marks on the target line.

Now when you want to either shutdown or restart, just double click on the
appropriate icon.


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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

 

[Steve Easton]

There are one click shutdown tweaks for 9X, 2K and XP.
I'm sure they're will be one for Vista.

As a matter of fact a little googling came up with this video:

that explains now to do it.

 

[KDE]

push the power button on the box itself. alternately, most multimedia
keyboards have sleep buttons which can be programmed to do other functions
(include power off)

 

[Feliks Dzerzhinsky]

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There are one click shutdown tweaks for 9X, 2K and XP.
I'm sure they're will be one for Vista.

As a matter of fact a little googling came up with this video:

that explains now to do it.

Aw, hell, that was just too easy! Thanks.

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[housetrained]

Why do you have to mouse. Why not BIOS your case to switch off?

 

[Dave Cox]

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For reasons that defy logic, MS has always forced you to make 3
mouse clicks just to turn the computer off. There has got to be
an easier way. Anyone know how?

If there isn't, I will settle for a two click shut down. Anyone
know how to change the little (') button from sleep to shut down?

Now, before the Linux trolls descend on this and say MS is bad, I
will point out that most Linux desktops use the same brain-dead
3-click procedure.


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control panel/power options-left window pane/choose what the power
buttons do, there is your two click solution.

If you want a one click shutdown gadget here is one I just did a
quick search for
http://tinyurl.com/2swpmf
I might even keep it and see how handy it is lol

one more idea

If the main power button on your PC is close and easy to get to. try
that for a one click solution, when I push the power button on my
PC it goes through the shut down sequence (not the 4 second hold
hard shut down)

 

[Feliks Dzerzhinsky]

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push the power button on the box itself. alternately, most multimedia
keyboards have sleep buttons which can be programmed to do other functions
(include power off)

"push the power button on the box itself."

Do you play Russian roulette, often?

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[Feliks Dzerzhinsky]

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Dave Cox wrote:

If the main power button on your PC is close and easy to get to. try
that for a one click solution, when I push the power button on my
PC it goes through the shut down sequence (not the 4 second hold
hard shut down)

I missed that distinction on another poster's reply and mentioned
something about Russian Roulette, which I realize I shouldn't have. But
I've never set the BIOS to do that. Replacing a mouse is easier than
replacing a computer's power button. ;-)



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[Sharon T]

By a press of my PC button on my tower, my PC shuts down.

 

[Julian]

By a press of my PC button on my tower, my PC shuts down.

You could turn me off with one touch too.

 

[Breaker]

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"push the power button on the box itself."

Do you play Russian roulette, often?

Whats wrong with what he mentioned? Most systems when you tap the
power button, Windows will interpret that as a request to shutdown and
do a normal controlled shutdown. Nothing bad about doing that at all
and nothing that would suggest it is Russian Roulette.

 

[Feliks Dzerzhinsky]

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Whats wrong with what he mentioned? Most systems when you tap the
power button, Windows will interpret that as a request to shutdown and
do a normal controlled shutdown. Nothing bad about doing that at all
and nothing that would suggest it is Russian Roulette.

Had you read my later post, you'd have seen I corrected myself.

There is actually nothing wrong with doing that, though I'd rather keep
the wear and tear on the mouse, which is easier to replace. The real
reason mouse is closer.


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