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Double clicking this desktop shortcut will shut down the computer – use it to add a single click option in the next steps:ħ. Your desktop shortcut should now have the chosen icon labeled Shut Down, or whatever you called it. Choose an icon from the list of possible icons (we chose the red Power button) then press OK twice: Select the ‘Change Icon’ button then press ‘OK’ in the warning box that says Shutdown.exe has no icons:Ħ. To change the shortcut’s icon, right click it and choose ‘Properties’ to open the Properties window:ĥ. Shut Down) then select ‘Finish’ to create the new desktop shortcut – drag and drop it to wherever you wish on the desktop.Ĥ. Click ‘Next’ and type a name for the shortcut (e.g. In the location box type “shutdown /s /t 0” without the “” (the 0 is a zero)ģ. Right click an empty space on the Desktop and choose ‘New’ then ‘Shortcut’Ģ.

Tip: you can also use these steps to add one click power event options to XP, Vista or Windows 7 (except for step 8 as the Start Screen is unique to Windows 8).ġ. Simply pressing the Power button (or closing the laptop lid) may put the computer into Sleep mode (or Shut Down or Hibernate) – the exact action will depend on how Power Options are configured.Īdd One Click Shutdown In Windows 8 – If you want to add single click options to shut down (or restart, sleep or hibernate), it is possible to do this in Windows 8 via the following procedure – we’ll look at Shut Down first:.CTRL + ALT + DEL brings up a screen to Lock, Switch User, Sign Out etc but there is also a Power icon in the bottom right corner – click it to choose to Sleep, Shut Down or Restart.Press ALT + F4 to display the (very) traditional Shut Down menu and choose to Sleep, Shut Down or Restart – also provides options to Switch User or Sign Out (log off).Go straight to the Settings Charm by pressing Windows + i then select ‘Power’ and choose to Sleep, Shut Down or Restart.Select ‘Settings’ then ‘Power’ and choose to Sleep, Shut Down or Restart. The ‘standard’ way – move your mouse to the top or bottom right of the Desktop to display the pop-out Charms menu (or press Windows key + c).We’ll review first how to access the existing shut down features in Windows 8 and then explain how to add single click options if you want to speed up the process.Įxisting Ways To Shut Down Options in Windows 8 – There are a variety of ways to access the shut down features in Windows 8 – some quicker than others: No Start Menu means that the process to shut down, restart and sleep in Windows 8 is necessarily different from the last decade’s versions of Windows. The second, after navigating to the traditional Desktop, is the lack of a ‘Start’ button/orb. The first thing new Windows 8 users will notice is the tiled Start screen.

How to add a one click option to shut down, restart, sleep or hibernate in Windows 8.