Re: Shut Down from ICON on desk.

I have both of these on my XP Pro Desktop. I use SHUTDOWN everyday and
REBOOT almost as often.

What happens when you...
Right click the SHUTDOWN shortcut | Properties | Shortcut tab | Find Target
button

Does %windir%\System32 open with shutdown.exe highlighted?

Shutdown & Reboot Shortcuts

Desktop Shutdown Shortcut
Right click the desktop | New | Shortcut | Create Shortcut Wizard opens |
Type or paste: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 |
Next | Type name like: SHUTDOWN | Finish | Right click the new shortcut |
Make sure Start in has: %windir%

Desktop Reboot Shortcut
Right click the desktop | New | Shortcut | Create Shortcut Wizard opens |
Type or paste: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00 |
Next | Type name like: REBOOT | Finish | Right click the new shortcut |
Make sure Start in has: %windir%

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:xiLif.30988$s92.15883@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
TonySper <tsperduti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> When I was using XP Home Edition I used
> %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 in the TARGET and %windir% in
> the start in.
> Worked fine.
> Tried this in XP PRO and nothing happens. DOes anyone have information
> on how to shutdown XP Pro from an icon on the desktop??
> TonySper

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