Right-Click the desktop and select New > Shortcut.

In the location box type:

Name the shortcut “Shut Down” or whatever you like.

Right-Click the new shortcut and select Properties.

On the shortcut tab, click the “Change Icon…” button. By default, it should be in the following directory: If it’s not there, just paste the above into the top line. Select the red Shut Down icon and click OK, then Click OK again to exit the properties window.

Now you have a shutdown button on your desktop.

To make the Abort button we’ll just repeat the above process but instead point the shortcut to: The shortcut Icon can be found in the same directory as before:

Done!

If you’d rather skip all of the above steps and just download the shortcut set, it is available here. Simply extract it and place it wherever you like. Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /g | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f] [/m \computer][/t xxx][/d [p|u:]xx:yy [/c “comment”]] No args Display help. This is the same as typing /?. /? Display help. This is the same as not typing any options. /i Display the graphical user interface (GUI). This must be the first option. /l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d options. /s Shutdown the computer. /r Shutdown and restart the computer. /g Shutdown and restart the computer. After the system is rebooted, restart any registered applications. /a Abort a system shutdown. This can only be used during the time-out period. /p Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning. Can be used with /d and /f options. /h Hibernate the local computer. Can be used with the /f option. /e Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer. /m \computer Specify the target computer. /t xxx Set the time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds. The valid range is 0-315360000 (10 years), with a default of 30. If the timeout period is greater than 0, the /f parameter is implied. /c “comment” Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown. Maximum of 512 characters allowed. /f Force running applications to close without forewarning users. The /f parameter is implied when a value greater than 0 is specified for the /t parameter. /d [p|u:]xx:yy Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown. p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned. u indicates that the reason is user defined. If neither p nor u is specified the restart or shutdown is unplanned. xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256). yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536). Here’s shortcuts for all related shutdown commands. Sleep, hibernate, and lock included: https://www.groovypost.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Shut-down-shortcuts.zip Thanks Austin [code]%windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s[/code] into the “target” box Comment Name * Email *

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