Friday, November 16, 2012

Create Alternative Shutdown for Windows 8

If you found difficult how to shutting down Windows 8 quickly. There is a way to help you shutdown in few single clicks. By default, hold " Windows-Key + C " to open Charm Bar > Settings > Power Options > Shutdown


Tools: nircmd.zip

Download and unzip the nircmd.zip, copy the whole folder "nircmd" and paste into "C:\Program Files"
Go inside "C:\Program Files\nircmd\" folder, and right-click "nircmd.exe" > Send To > Desktop (create shortcut)

From your desktop, again right-click the "nircmd.exe - Shortcut" properties > set parameter in the end:

Target: "F:\New Apps [5]\nircmd\nircmd.exe"  -exitwin poweroff force

You can set by "Change Icon.." as you want >  Apply
You will be asking whether to shutting down the system or cancel to abort.

If you want to shutdown without asking either to save your documents, use additional parameter:

Target: "F:\New Apps [5]\nircmd\nircmd.exe"  -exitwin poweroff force initshutdown "" 0 force


// TESTED CLIENT: LYusRI and euphoria

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