Create One-Click Shutdown and Reboot Shortcuts:

First, create a shortcut on your desktop by right-clicking on the desktop, choosing New, and 

then choosing Shortcut. The Create Shortcut Wizard appears. In the box asking for the 

location of the shortcut, type shutdown. After you create the shortcut, double-clicking on it 

will shut down your PC

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But you can do much more with a shutdown shortcut than merely shut down your PC. You 

can add any combination of several switches to doextra duty, like this:

shutdown -r -t 01 -c "Rebooting your PC"

Double-clicking on that shortcut will reboot your PC after a one-second delay and display 

the message "Rebooting your PC." The shutdown command includes a variety of switches 

you can use to customize it. Table 1-3 lists all of them and describes their use.

I use this technique to create two shutdown shortcuts on my desktop—one for turning off 

my PC, and one for rebooting. Here are the ones I use:

shutdown -s -t 03 -c "Bye Bye m8!"

shutdown -r -t 03 -c "Ill be back m8 !"

Switch

What it does

-s

Shuts down the PC.

-l
Logs off the current user.

-t nn

Indicates the duration of delay, in seconds, before performing the action.

-c "messagetext"

Displays a message in the System Shutdown window. A maximum of 127 characters can 

be used. The message must be enclosed in quotation marks.

-f
Forces any running applications to shut down.

-r
Reboots the PC.