{"id":4828,"date":"2012-09-30T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T01:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/?p=4828"},"modified":"2012-09-29T22:09:02","modified_gmt":"2012-09-29T12:09:02","slug":"shortcuts-to-restart-hibernate-standby-or-shutdown-your-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mingersoft.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/shortcuts-to-restart-hibernate-standby-or-shutdown-your-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortcuts to Restart, Hibernate, Standby or Shutdown Your Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a tip that might be handy for those using Windows 8 or most other recent versions of Windows.<\/p>\n

If using the charms bar in Windows 8 makes your head explode then you might fancy creating a shortcut to restart, hibernate, standby or shutdown your computer. It’s very easy to do as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Right click on a blank space on the desktop,<\/li>\n
  2. Select\u00a0New<\/strong> then Shortcut<\/strong>,<\/li>\n
  3. In the new window that appears copy and paste one of the following to restart, hibernate, standby, shutdown or log off respectively:\n
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    1. %windir%\\System32\\shutdown.exe \u2013r<\/li>\n
    2. %windir%\\System32\\rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Hibernate<\/li>\n
    3. %windir%\\System32\\rundll32.exe\u00a0powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Standby<\/li>\n
    4. %windir%\\System32\\shutdown.exe \u2013s<\/li>\n
    5. %windir%\\System32\\shutdown.exe \u2013l<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
    6. Click\u00a0Next<\/strong>,<\/li>\n
    7. Give the shortcut a meaningful name (something corresponding to the function might be helpful like\u00a0Restart<\/strong> or\u00a0Shutdown<\/strong>,<\/li>\n
    8. Click\u00a0Finish<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Your new shortcut should now appear on the desktop and you can also pin it to the Start Screen or taskbar for easy access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Here’s a tip that might be handy for those using Windows 8 or most other recent versions of Windows. If using the charms bar in Windows 8 makes your head explode then you might fancy creating a shortcut to restart, hibernate, standby or shutdown your computer. It’s very easy to do as follows: Right click … <\/p>\n

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