However, there are other options you can choose if you need them:
- Pressing the combination of letters Alt + F4, you can also shut down the system, as it does not just close all the windows you have open at that moment
- Likewise, if you press the keys Windows + L, you can close or lock the currently active session, instead of simply turning off the computer.
- You can also use the key Windows + R and use the commands you will see below to turn off the computer, however, in this post, we will show you some new tricks with which you can leave these icons in the place you want and in this way you can give yourself a double click or, failing that, do whatever you want to shut down, restart or suspend our computer Windows 10
Creating a shortcut to shut down, suspend, restart or hibernate in Windows 10
One of the first steps we need to take when performing this step is to create a shortcut, which is a fairly straightforward step, as all we need to do is right-click on any space that is Find empty within the desktop and in this way we can see a contextual menu displayed, and we must follow the following steps:
- Start by clicking on the option that says "New"
- Next, we enter the tab "Direct access" in which we have to write the following commands, which will also depend on the function that each direct access will perform.
- Shutdown: shutdown -s -t 0
- restarting: shutdown -r -t 0
- Close session: shutdown -l -t 0
- Suspended/iberna: rundll32.exe powrprof.dll, SetSuspendState 0,1,0
Likewise, it is important to take into consideration the fact that if the computer does not have the disabled hibernation option enabled, it will have no effect, but on the contrary it will only be suspended, obviously if the hibernation function has been activated, the work will do exactly that action. You also have the option to set a timer to shut down Windows 10.
Once these commands have been entered, we will see how the system will ask us to name said direct access, for which it is recommended that they have as names those corresponding to their function; We press end and when we double click on the icon the computer will restart as if we were doing it from the menu " Start «.
Other options you can consider
It is important that you know that all shortcuts will be created as icons by default, which however usually do not look good directly, so we need to change the name of these icons and in this way customize them to your liking, to be able to do that, you just need to follow the following steps:
- Start by right-clicking on the icons we created and then entering the context menu and proceeding to click on the option » Property «.
- So what we have to do is press on the option " Change icon »And with this we will be able to see a small window, which has a wide variety of icons, here you will only have to choose the ones you like the most to identify the shortcuts you have created.
