If you have Clean Sweep Deluxe, It is recommended that you disable it before proceeding. Follow these directions to create a one-click shutdown shortcut:

Navigate to your desktop.
On the desktop, right-click and go to New, then to Shortcut (in other words, create a new shortcut).
You should now see a pop-up window instructing you to enter a command line path.
Enter one of these as the path:
Use this path if your operating system is Windows 95, 98, or Me:
C:windowsrundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows
Use this path if your operating system is XP:
SHUTDOWN -s -t 01
If the C: drive is not your local hard drive, then replace “C” with the correct letter of the hard drive.
Click the “Next” button.
Name the shortcut and click the “Finish” button.
Now whenever you want to shut down, just click on this shortcut and you’re done. Also, if you want to make life better and faster, you can right-click the new shortcut you just made, go to Properties, and type in X (or whatever letter) in the Shortcut Key box.

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3 Comments to “One-Click Shutdown”

  1. Nathan | February 14th, 2005 at 8:54 am

    You can include -f before the -t arg, and it will force programs to shutdown (for if your computer’s really crashed). Unfortunately, it will shut down things like word without prompting you to save your work.
    Other options (instead of -s)
    -r (restart the computer)
    -l (logout)

    for a full list of options, go to Start>Run, type “cmd”, and type “shutdown”. It will display the help for the shutdown command.

  2. Avinash Gupta | May 28th, 2005 at 1:05 pm

    Anybody got some idea how to create a shutdown or restart shortcut for windows2000?
    -Avinash

  3. Ray | July 10th, 2005 at 6:28 pm

    I am running win ME, and the file, C:windowsrundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows is not found on my pc. What can I do?

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