Windows 7 and Vista came with new features and beautiful appearance. Both are the most commonly used operating system in laptops now days.
Well place good things on one side now. Majority of the people do not like Windows Vista shutdown menu and wants something different. If you are also one of those people, then get exited now. An alternative option is to create icons that will allow you to lock, shut down, sleep, hibernate or restart your computer without using popup menu that you never like.
Steps
- Make a right click on blank area of desktop. Select “New” from dropdown menu and then click on “Shortcut” from submenu.
- You will see a window with a text field naming “Type the location of the item”. You have to write the correct command in it for making desired icon. Below is the list of all commands that you can enter here. Click on “Next” button.
- Write the name of shortcut like “Shutdown”. It is recommended to give name according to its functionality. Click “Finish” button.
- To change shortcut icon, right click on shortcut and select “Properties”.
- Click on “Shortcut” tab and then select “Change Icon” button. Choose desired icon and click “OK”.
List of commands
Shutdown Computer: Shutdown.exe -s -t 00
Lock Workstation: Rundll32.exe User32.dll,LockWorkStation
Sleep Computer: rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
Restart Computer: Shutdown.exe -r -t 00
Hibernate Computer: rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState
