Re: Shut Down from ICON on desk.

Glad you got it worked out. :-)

I *never* type when I can copy and paste. Of course you can miss part of
something when you copy, but a lot less error prone than my typing.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:5lqjf.40495$Y82.11369@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
TonySper <tsperduti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> It was my error. I left out the \ between the %WINDIR% and the
> system32. I just typed it wrong. it does work as you all have said.
> Eyes are getting old. Have to change the display setting back to 800 x
> 600 so I can see again.
> TonySper
>
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:%23gYrNkJ9FHA.3208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I have both of these on my XP Pro Desktop. I use SHUTDOWN everyday
> and
> REBOOT almost as often.
>
> What happens when you...
> Right click the SHUTDOWN shortcut | Properties | Shortcut tab | Find
> Target
> button
>
> Does %windir%\System32 open with shutdown.exe highlighted?
>
> Shutdown & Reboot Shortcuts
>
> Desktop Shutdown Shortcut
> Right click the desktop | New | Shortcut | Create Shortcut Wizard
> opens |
> Type or paste: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 |
> Next | Type name like: SHUTDOWN | Finish | Right click the new
> shortcut |
> Make sure Start in has: %windir%
>
> Desktop Reboot Shortcut
> Right click the desktop | New | Shortcut | Create Shortcut Wizard
> opens |
> Type or paste: %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -r -t 00 |
> Next | Type name like: REBOOT | Finish | Right click the new shortcut
>>
> Make sure Start in has: %windir%
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:xiLif.30988$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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