Lock, Log off, Restart, Shut Down, Switch User - Windows 8

**Brink** · 09-20-2011

How to Lock, Sign out (Log off), Restart, Shut Down, and Switch User in Windows 8

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**Brink** · 09-24-2011

Originally Posted by onlytanmoy

very helpful tutorial..thanks.

You're most welcome onlytnamoy, and thank you.

**pwstegman** · 02-02-2012

Batch files on the desktop/folder also work. If a folder was made somewhere with batch files, you could point a toolbar to that folder. Then you could create your own custom log off, restart, etc. toolbar. Now that I think about it, you could add any batch file to the toolbar for that matter.

Some batch (.bat) file or cmd commands:

for a list of different shutdown options type "shutdown" into command prompt (without quotes). Here are some examples for a batch file (.bat):

shutdown -l = logoff (note "l" is a lowercase "L")
shutdown -s = shutdown
shutdown -r = restart
shutdown -a = aborts running shutdown
shutdown -t 10 = shuts down in 10 seconds (10 can be changed to any number)
shutdown -f = force close all applications and shut down
shutdown -c "text" = shutdown with comment where text is the comment (with quotes)

Note: command prompt might list a backslash instead of a hyphen then a letter as an option (when "shutdown" is typed) but the hyphen works.

**Brink** · 02-02-2012

Hello PW,

Yep, that or you could even create or download shortcuts with those commands instead of a .bat file like in the ones below if you like.

**abhijitrucks** · 02-27-2012

thanks derek for links... preety useful

**Windunce** · 02-28-2012

I've chosen to Pin them onto the Metro Start Screen.

I created the shortcuts per the links in this thread [THANKS!] and then
moved them from my Desktop into my Start Menu folder and they appeared
on the Metro Start Screen.

c:\Users\Windunce\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Shutdown.lnk
etc etc etc

**Brink** · 02-28-2012

Looks great.

**Windunce** · 02-28-2012

Thanks!

I'm not sure that will be their final resting place.
Tomorrow we all start with a clean slate anyway.
The assumption is that we're all ready for consumption.

Consumer Preview here we come.

I'm loading up my thumb drive with most all the tweaks, files
and folders that I've customized over the last months.

Getting ready to plop them into the new install.

Fun Fun Fun
Windunce

**Brink** · 02-29-2012

Updated for Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

**derekimo** · 02-29-2012

Originally Posted by Brink

Updated for Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

FYI...

The context menu items posted earlier still work.

**whs** · 02-29-2012

Derek, from where do these last 2 items in the context menu come from. I don't have those.

I use the easy method. When I want to shut down, I shut the vBox down. I find it terrible that we need a tutorial (thank you Shawn) to shut the system down. Where is the progress.

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