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Where Windows 7 displays its power button in a prominent place on its Start Menu, Windows 8 makes perform four actions just to turn y our computer off. To get to the power button in the new OS, you must pull out the Charms menu, click the Settings charm, click the Power button and then select Shutdown or Restart. 

However, there’s an easy way to put the shutdown and restart functions just one click away from the desktop and Start screen. Just create shortcuts for both actions using the following steps:

Navigate to the desktop.Right click on the desktop and select New -> Shortcut. A shortcut menu appears.
 Enter shutdown /s /t 0 (that’s a zero) in the location box and hit Next. 
Enter a name for the shortcut and click Finish. A new shortcut will appear on your desktop.
 Right click on the shortcut and select Properties. A dialog box appears.Click Change Icon under the Shortcut tab then Click Ok in warning box that says shutdown.exe contains no icons.

Select an Icon from the list of available images Click Ok twice (once to close the Change Icon window and once to close Properties window). Your shortcut will now have an icon.
 Right click the shortcut and select Pin to Start. The shutdown icon will now appear on your Start screen.
 Drag the shutdown icon to a prominent place on your Start screen. We recommend putting it in the first column to the left so you will always see it.
Right click the icon and select Pin to Taskbar if you want the shortcut to live on your desktop’s taskbar as well.
Repeat the previous steps to create a Restart button. Use the command “shutdown /r /t 0? in the location field. .tmnAdsenseContainer{margin-bottom:8px} .tmnAdsByGoogleCont { width: 100%; }TmnAdsense.display(options = {'width':676,'ad_width':676,'max_ads':3,'row_margin':0,'adstyle':'twolineurltop','adsbyposition':'topleft','adFontFamily':'arial','titleFontColor':'0066cc','titleDecoration':'underline','titleFontSize':13,'descFontSize':11,'linkPaddingTop':1,'linkFontColor':'6e6e6e','linkFontSize':9,'adsbyFontFamily':'arial','adsbyvertical':1,'adsbyColor':'737070','adsbyhorizontal':6,'adsbyposition':'bottomright'});More Windows 8 TipsHow to Launch Apps from The Desktop in Windows 8How to Switch Tasks Faster in Windows 8How to Eliminate the Time-Wasting Lock Screen in Windows 8How to Read POP Mail in Windows 8How to Add a User the Right Way in Windows 8How to Make Window 8's Desktop More Touch FriendlyHow to Search the Web Faster in Windows 8Featured Sponsor Tweet!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Comments  Tags: Microsoft Windows 8, Windows 8, tips Our Related Content8 Worst Windows 8 Annoyances and How to Fix ThemHow to Launch Apps from The Desktop in Windows 8How to Switch Tasks Faster in Windows 8 From Other SitesLenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 With Windows 8 Leaks (GottaBeMobile)Windows 8 Phone Coming in November -- Microsoft Wants to Be on Your Christmas List (Netbook News)Windows 8 Will Ship On October 26 (GottaBeMobile) Related Deals Price drop! 2012 Apple MacBook Air 11.6" Ivy Bridge Laptop $949.95 FREE SHIPPING (via LogicBUY)Price drop! 2012 Apple MacBook Air 13.3" Ivy Bridge Laptop $1,138.95 FREE SHIPPING (via LogicBUY)2012 Apple MacBook Pro 15.4" Ivy Bridge Laptop w/ Retina Display $2,184 FREE SHIPPING (via LogicBUY)Symantec Norton Antivirus 2012 (1 User) $10.99 FREE SHIPPING (via LogicBUY)ASUS K55A-BBL4 Ivy Bridge Core i5 2.5GHz 15.6" Laptop $479.99 FREE SHIPPING (via LogicBUY)   Leave a Reply

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