We have already seen different ways to shut down or restart Windows. One of them is by pressing the Alt+F4 combination to bring up the Windows Shut down Dialog box. However this is not as convenient as it looks, as if you have lots of programs open on your computer, it takes time. In such cases, Alt+F4 first closes each program separately and we get the following prompt after ensuring every program is closed.
Create a shortcut to open Shut Down Dialog Box (Alt+F4)
In this article, I’ll show you the simple way to bring the shutdown prompt instantaneously, by creating a shortcut to open Windows Shut down Dialog Box – and optionally ‘pinning‘ it to the system tray.
1. Open Notepad and type the following string:
(new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).ShutdownWindows();
2. Save this file with any name you like, but provide it in the .js format as mandatory, for example Shutdown.js and pick All files as save as type. Save it to any location but create its shortcut to Desktop.
3. Right-click on the taskbar and move to Toolbars -> New toolbar.
4. In the New Toolbar – Choose a folder window, input the following location for Folder:
%UserProfile%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
Then click on Select Folder and Quick Launch will be added to Windows taskbar.
5. Now go to Desktop and drag the shortcut created in step 1 in Quick Launch bar, until Link appears in the pop-up, and then drop it. It will create a shortcut inside the Quick Launch menu.
6. That’s it. Now the shutdown shortcut is added as a shortcut itself in the Quick Launch menu. At this stage, you can delete the Desktop shortcut used in the previous step. You can rename it simply Shutdown or whatever you like by right-clicking > Rename.
So in case you have to bring power options, just click on Quick Launch bar and pick Shutdown and you’ll get the Alt+F4 menu directly. If you click anywhere on-screen besides this shut-down prompt, it just disappears.
TIP: See this post if Alt + F4 not working on Windows.
If one cuts and pastes the .JS code as given, they’ll encounter an error because the double quote characters should be plain text. (ASCII 34)
Thankfully, it’s easy to fix.
^^ Thanks for noticing :)
(new ActiveXObject(“Shell.Application”)).ShutdownWindows();
I cannot figure out whre to download it
Kapila may be a huge fan of Microsoft but he should return to H.S. for sentence structure etc.. Article about Surface being possibly ‘better’ than iPad includes several 9th grade english errors. The phrase ‘it has’ contracts to ‘it’s’, NOT its as he wrote..
“However this is not as convenient as it looks, as if you have lots of programs open on your computer, it takes time”
This is not true. If desktop has focus then alt-F4 brings up the shutdown dialog.
You can either click first on the desktop and press alt-F4 or press WIN-D then alt-F4.
This js script works on Windows 8 about 70% of the time. Many times, however, it doesn’t work–just does nothing, even with repeated launches. It’s like its hanging behind the scenes. Wonder if it’s a timing issue of some sort?
Run Sleep PC in Windows 8:
SleepComp.vbs
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Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject(“Shell.Application”)
objShell.ShutdownWindows
set objShell = nothing
Set WshShell = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)
With objShell
WScript.Sleep 200
WshShell.AppActivate “Shut Down Windows”
WshShell.SendKeys “ss”
WshShell.SendKeys “{TAB}”
WshShell.SendKeys “{Enter}”
End With
Set objShell=Nothing
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Hi! How can I fix it?
Please
In Notepad, delete the copy/pasted quote marks and simply retype them. Notepad, being a text editor, will make them ASCII.
Yes, because English is everyone’s first language… moron
My Lenovo Ideapad 300/windows 10 is just 2 weeks with me since I purchased. The problem I encounter this time is that the touch pad is not working, so I cannot perform an activity on it that made find out a short cut to shut it down first. And thanks for the information here that enabled me to shut it down. Now I need help. What should I do to troubleshoot this problem?