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Windows 2000 - Fast shutdown via shortcut

November 26, 2013
Updated: April 14, 2022
Quick overview:

The way to the start menu is connected with two clicks, which you can save and want to go among the programmers. With the help of a self-created script, it is possible to switch to the familiar shutdown options with a double-click or key combination. Even though we have already given some other tips on the homepage, we have found this new option and would like to share it with you. And this is how you proceed to create your own WSH script:

1. Click with the right mouse button on New/text document and enter the following content in this file (new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")). ShutdownWindows(); in.

2. Click on File/Save as... and switch to File type to All files. Now enter the file name Shutdown.js and confirm.

3. Now save this file on the desktop and double-click on it to access the shutdown selection. We hope that we have been able to help you with this tip! If you want to change the icon, move your self-made file to another directory and create a shortcut on the desktop. If you now right-click on it and select Properties, you can select any icon you like. For example, the red shudown icon in the file C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll is perfect!

NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.

Founded Windows Tweaks as a teenager in 2001, his helpful PC tricks made it Germany's most visited Windows site (at the time Sandro looked like this). He then went on to write for international publications such as PC-Praxis, Computerbild, PCWorld in the USA, IMTEST.de and Hifi.de. Sandro's main job is as Global Product Marketing Lead and Consultant for various global tech companies, including Microsoft, AVG, Avast, Nero, TeamViewer, Swiss IT Security Group and now currently in the fintech sector for Gendigital. But he can't get rid of his passion and shares his tweaks here again. Privately, he enjoys traveling the world and loves Asia, especially Japan, Singapore and Korea, but also natural places like Iceland and the Nordics. You can reach Sandro via e-mail.

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