How to create Shutdown and reboot icon?

To create a shortcut icon to shutdown and reboot on your desktop.

1] Shutdown icon

1. Right click on your desktop.
2. Select New->Shortcut.
3. In the location filed type this ’shutdown -s -t 00′ (Without quotes).
4. Click next give a name of your choice and finish.

2] Reboot icon

Follow the same procedure but replace the earlier command with this one
’shutdown -r -t 00′. (Without quotes).

Use Shortcut Keys to Open Programs Fast

What to access your programs even faster? With a shortcut key you can launch any program with the tap of a few keys on your keyboard. It’s easy – You choose the program(s) and what key strokes.

Locate the icon of the program that you want to launch faster. Then right click on it and select Properties.

Then put the mouse cursor in the Shortcut Key box (click on the word None )

Choose a key combination that you want to use as a shortcut key using any combination of CONTROL, ALT and/or SHIFT keys along with any regular keyboard character (alphanumeric). Then, on your keyboard, hit that key combination. You will see your key combinations appear as you press them

Then Click Apply and you are done. You can test it out immediately by just hitting the same key combination. If your program opens, then it is working.

Add “Open Command Prompt” to the Right Click Menu

I have found that amongst Windows XP users, One of the least used tools, is the Right Click. Personally, if I cant right click on something, I almost feel as though my computer browsing has been crippled. To add the ability to open a command prompt from the right click menu, follow this guide.

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Before beginning this guide, please do this.

Click

then

Type regedit then click

Navigate to the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREClassesFolderShell

On the left side, right click on the Shell Folder and select New then Key, and name the key Command Prompt

Now, click on the new created key and then on the right side, double click on Default and give it a value of Open Command Prompt

Now, on the left side, right click on the Command Prompt Key (the one you just created) and select New then Key, and name the key Command.

Now, click on the new created key and then on the right side, double click on Default and give it a value of Cmd.exe /k pushd %L

Reboot your computer.

Start a program using a keyboard shortcut

The Start menu is great for finding programs, but its multiple levels of folders can be time consuming to navigate. If there is a program you start frequently, you should set a keyboard shortcut for it so that you can start the program without taking your hands off the keyboard.

To set a keyboard shortcut to start a program,

1.  Click the Start menu, and then click All Programs. Right-click the program that you want to start with a keyboard shortcut, and then click Properties

 

2.  Click in the Shortcut key box. Now press the letter on your keyboard that you want to use to start the program. Make it easy to remember—for example, press I for Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Note: You can use either uppercase or lowercase letters when creating your keyboard shortcuts—and when accessing them later. In the Shortcut key box, Microsoft Windows XP automatically adds Ctrl + Alt + before the key you pressed. When you want to start the program, hold down both the CTRL and ALT keys simultaneously, while also pressing the letter you chose. This way, your program won’t start every time you type that letter

 

3.  Click OK.

 4.  Now test your shortcut. Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys, and then press the letter you chose. If you find it difficult to hold down two keys at once, read Turn on the Sticky Keys feature. Your program should start.