Shortcut to Exit Windows

Here's an old favourite of mine: creating shortcuts to Exit & Restart Windows!

In other words, you no longer have to click Start > Shut Down, to shut down or restart Windows.

What you get are 2 separate icons on your Desktop that will Shutdown or Restart your PC when you click on them.

Here's how - in Windows ME

Go to your desktop, right-click on it to get the sub-menu.

Select New > Shortcut to get the Create Shortcut dialog box.

To add a SHUT DOWN shortcut to your desktop, insert this:

• in the Command Line, type the following:
• code:
  

  C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL.EXE user.exe,exitwindows

• Click Next >
• in the Select a name for the shortcut, type a descriptive name; I chose Die!

To add a RESTART shortcut to your desktop, insert this:

• in the Command Line, type the following:
• code:
  

  C:\WINDOWS\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 6

• Click Next >
• in the Select a name for the shortcut, type another descriptive name; I chose Code Blue.

Although the steps in creating a new shortcut may differ in Windows 98, the command line information should work in Windows 98 too.

For more detailed information read the KB article at Microsoft.