How to Create Shutdown and Restart Shortcut in Windows 10

Creating a shortcut for the application on your system can be useful for quick and easy access without navigating through Start Menu or Settings. In this guide, we will walk you through the steps in creating a shortcut for shutting down and restarting your computer on Windows 10

Creating Shutdown Shortcut

1. Right click on desktop and click New, and click Shortcut.

2. Type “shutdown -s -t 1” and click Next.

3. Create a name for the shortcut and click Finish.

4. If you want to change the Icon, right click the shortcut and go to Properties and click Change Icon.

5. Select the Icon that you want and press OK.

The “-s” indicates that the command is to initiate a shutdown of the system, while the “-t” is used to specify the amount of time in seconds until the system is shut down. In this case, the time is set to 1 second. The second that this shortcut is executed, the shutdown sequence will start within 1 second.

*Note* This command will shut down the computer immediately and all unsaved work will be lost.

Creating Restart Shortcut

1. Right click on desktop and click New, and click Shortcut.

2. Type “shutdown -s -t 1” and click Next.

3. Create a name for the shortcut and click Finish.

4. If you want to change the Icon, right click the shortcut and go to Properties and click Change Icon.

5. Select the Icon that you want and press OK.

The “-r” indicates that the command is to initiate restarting the system, while the “-t” is used to specify the amount of time in seconds until the system is shut down. In this case, the time is set to 1 second. The second that this shortcut is executed, the shutdown sequence will start within 1 second.

Optional: You can drag the created shortcut to your taskbar for quick access.

*Note* This command will restart the computer immediately and all unsaved work will be lost.

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