suggestion for a prog that will do quick keyboard shutdown?

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D. Wilson

Hi,
can anyone suggest a small program that will let me do a quick
shutdown from keyboard. do not want to use WinKey and have tried
QuickShutDown but it doesn't work, any others?
TIA
DW
 
http://jthz.com/puter/shutz.htm

( Our very latest version of this handy utility, for use in ALL Windows
9*/2000/ME versions. Yet another update, making it THE QUICKEST 32-bit
Shutdowner available on the planet; Exits and/or Reboots by 1 click in the
taskbar. Others were too slow for our taste, or needed 2 mouse-clicks; SHUTZ
works with 1 file, the executable. )

This works well for me, but I don't have XP. Only 32KB. Not from keyboard
though.




Hi,
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can anyone suggest a small program that will let me do a quick
shutdown from keyboard. do not want to use WinKey and have tried
QuickShutDown but it doesn't work, any others?<
 
D. Wilson said:
Hi,
can anyone suggest a small program that will let me do a quick
shutdown from keyboard. do not want to use WinKey and have tried
QuickShutDown but it doesn't work, any others?
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You don't need a program, you can do it from a shortcut...

1. Make a shortcut
2. Right click>Properties
3. Copy this into the "target" window

C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1

4. Click "Apply"
5. (optional) Rename the shortcut to "ShutDown"
6. (optional) Change the icon

You can vary what happens by verying the terminal letter. For
exapmple, using "2" instead of "1" will make a reboot shortcut. See
my dandies (below) for full info.

You can add keyboard combos to the shortcut properties too but IIRC
the shortcut has to be in Start>Programs or on the desktop. There is
a nice app for making KB shortcuts named HotKey Plus. More info in my
daddies.

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["dadiOH"; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:41:21 GMT]
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1
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Is this a shortcut to a regular shutdown, or a method of a quick shutdown?
 
Jaxxim said:
["dadiOH"; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:41:21 GMT]
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1
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Is this a shortcut to a regular shutdown, or a method of a quick
shutdown?
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Couldn't tell you for sure but I'd guess that it corresponds to
whatever type is congigured in MSCONFIG. Or maybe a "forced" one is
quick? These are the other values...

0 = Log off..
1 = Shutdown
2 = Restart
4 - Forced
8 - Poweroff

You can combine these shutdown options by totaling
their values. E.g.,

12 = Poweroff + Force

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dadiOH
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dadiOH said:
Jaxxim said:
["dadiOH"; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 19:41:21 GMT]
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1
Click to expand...

Is this a shortcut to a regular shutdown, or a method of a quick
shutdown?
Click to expand...

Couldn't tell you for sure but I'd guess that it corresponds to
whatever type is congigured in MSCONFIG. Or maybe a "forced" one is
quick? These are the other values...

0 = Log off..
1 = Shutdown
2 = Restart
4 - Forced
8 - Poweroff

You can combine these shutdown options by totaling
their values. E.g.,

12 = Poweroff + Force
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Just tried it...9 (shutdown + poweroff) shuts down rapidly.

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.05...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
 
1. Make a shortcut
2. Right click>Properties
3. Copy this into the "target" window

C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1
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thanks for all replies, above shortcut didn't work for me but now
sorted with The Wonderful Icon program.
Thanks again,
DW
 
thanks for all replies, above shortcut didn't work for me
but now sorted with The Wonderful Icon program.
Thanks again,
DW
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Alternative:

"c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows"

J
 
You might want to check out a program I have called PowerShell. It adds
shutdown and more to your "My Computer" context menu (right click).

There is a Windows ME and XP ver.
On my home page just click "freeware"

Hope this helps,
 
["dadiOH"; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:32:07 GMT]
Just tried it...9 (shutdown + poweroff) shuts down rapidly.
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Aw man. It doesn't work for me. I get this error message:

RUNDLL
Error in shell32
Missing entry:SHExitWindowsEx

Any ideas?
 
["dadiOH"; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:32:07 GMT]
Just tried it...9 (shutdown + poweroff) shuts down rapidly.
Click to expand...

Aw man. It doesn't work for me. I get this error message:

RUNDLL
Error in shell32
Missing entry:SHExitWindowsEx

Any ideas?
Click to expand...

Might be windoze ver. dependent. Try
"c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows"

J
 
Jaxxim said:
["dadiOH"; Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:32:07 GMT]
Just tried it...9 (shutdown + poweroff) shuts down rapidly.
Click to expand...

Aw man. It doesn't work for me. I get this error message:

RUNDLL
Error in shell32
Missing entry:SHExitWindowsEx

Any ideas?
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Dunno...did you type or paste?

C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1

Whole thing including the comma and 2 spaces?

Is RUNDLL32.EXE in your Windows folder? (Can't imagine it not being
there but who knows...). Windows is in a folder named "Windows"?

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dadiOH
____________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.05...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico
 
["dadiOH"; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:19:59 GMT]
C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1
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C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1
Is RUNDLL32.EXE in your Windows folder? (Can't imagine it not being
there but who knows...). Windows is in a folder named "Windows"?
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My RUNDLL32.EXE is in my \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 folder, as seen above. I still
get the same error: "RUNDLL / Error in shell32 / Missing
entry:SHExitWindowsEx." D'oh!
 
[""; Wed, 24 Nov 2004 02:45:54 GMT]
Might be windoze ver. dependent. Try
"c:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows"
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I have this: C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe user.exe,exitwindows

My error messages:

[rundll32.exe - Bad Image]
The application or DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\user.exe is not a valid Windows
image. Please check this against your installation diskette.

[RUNDLL]
%1 is not a valid Win32 application.

Perhaps this means the file might be corrupted? Well, unless anyone else has
any ideas, I'll try to Google my way out of this. It seems that it might be
some type of syntax error, maybe. Thanks.
 
Jaxxim, I'm a bit late with this, but anyway

Windows XP (home and pro) and also Windows 2000 comes with shutdown.exe
in the SYSTEM32 folder.

Open a command window and type shutdown (no parameters) or shutdown -h
This will show help on options.
Or type: shutdown > shutdown.txt to save the the help to file.

The shutdown command starts a 30-second countdown for a shutdown or
restart, which permits you to abort it (with a shutdown -a command).
If you want the command to execute, use the -t flag, which lets you set
the time lapse in seconds. The following examples use a 0-second delay,
so Windows shuts down immediately.

For a shortcut to RESTART Windows XP: SHUTDOWN -r -t 0
For a shortcut to SHUT DOWN Windows XP: SHUTDOWN -s -t 0
 
["Sietse Fliege"; Sat, 04 Dec 2004 01:51:05 GMT]
For a shortcut to RESTART Windows XP: SHUTDOWN -r -t 0
For a shortcut to SHUT DOWN Windows XP: SHUTDOWN -s -t 0
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These did the trick. Thanks much!
 
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