Create a shutdown icon in Windows 8 - Step by step with screenshots

Create a shutdown icon in Windows 8 - Step by step with screenshots

This article talks about how to shutdown or restart Windows 8:

How to restart or shutdown Windows 8 and 2012 - Step by step with screenshots...

However, it takes multiple clicks to do so. Today we will show you how to create an icon on Windows 8 to shutdown the Windows 8 by just one click.

1. Open Notepad and enter this command line: shutdown /s /t 1 /f. Note; t 1 means 1 second to shutdown and /f means force shutdown. If you want to create a icon for reboot the Windows 8, use this command: shutdown /r /t 1 /f.

2. Save it, for example poweroff.bat.

3. Right click on the poweroff.bat you just created and send it to the Desktop.

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4. To shutdown the Windows 8, double click on the poweroff icon.

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