How To Create A Shut Down Shortcut On Your Windows 10 Desktop

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Windows 10 Desktop Shortcut To Shut Down Computer

In this post, we will be taking a look at how you can add a cool little shortcut to your Windows 10 desktop that will shut down your PC or Laptop.

As soon as you double-click the shortcut the Windows shut down process will commence so ensure you have saved all of your work before running the shut down shortcut.

Did you know you can also set a keyboard shortcut to make Windows 10 shut down. Check out this post to see how.

How To Add Shutdown Shortcut To Your Windows 10 Desktop:

1. Right-click your desktop > New > Shortcut

2. In the location box type “shutdown /s

3. You can now give the shortcut a name > Press Finish

There you have it you have now successfully added a shortcut to your Windows 10 desktop that when it is executed it will begin the process of shutting down your computer. Want to know how to make it restart your system instead check out this post here.

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