Shut Down Your PC with a Shortcut Key
This is article teaches you how to shutdown your PC from your keyboard by a shortcut key.
Steps
- Right click on your desktop.
- Click on the option New -> Shortcut.
- You will find a dialog box. Write this command: shutdown-s -t . Enter the time you wish in second after this command line. Click Next. (If this command does not work for you, try "shutdown -s -t ".)
- Give the title to your shortcut. Click Finish.
- Right click on your shortcut and click on Properties.
- Click on the tab Shortcut.
- Change icon of your shortcut(optional) by clicking on Change icon.
- Click on Shortcut key text box and choose a shortcut key by pressing the chosen key combination on your keyboard.
- Click Apply. Your shutdown shortcut is ready. By pressing your chosen key PC will shut down.
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