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How to shutdown your computer using a cool desktop icon (Windows Vista)

How to shutdown your computer using a cool desktop icon (Windows Vista)

In this Instructable I will show you how to shutdown your windows vista computer using a cool desktop icon.

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Step 1Right click and go to: New > Shortcut

Right click on your desktop select NEW > SHORTCUT

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11 comments

Mar 21, 2012. 3:16 AMsasmitha says:

heyy.how to work this on windows7

Jul 26, 2009. 7:10 AMgamerguy13 says:

Can you do this with restart? That would be great!

Oct 16, 2010. 6:05 AMDouble U says:

Yes, you can.
Type in notepad:

shutdown -r

That's all =D.

Jun 15, 2008. 4:23 PMLabot2001 says:

Cool trick. 3/5 stars.

Jun 16, 2008. 7:32 AMJamie_Thomas1995 (author) says:

if you wanted to play a trick on one of your friends, you could delete the internet icon and replace it with the shutdown trick!!!

Sep 20, 2008. 6:07 PMAmadeos says:

lol I do that to the computers at my school. Its so funny! (except when you click on them lol) You can do it in XP too just cut and paste this: %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -S -T 0 You can restart it too by this: %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -R -T 0