How to activate the "Slide Shutdown" feature of Windows 8.1

Windows 8 's Shutdown button is more covert and many new users feel inconvenient. In fact, Windows 8.1 supports a faster "sliding shutdown" feature. Users do not need to take a few steps to the Charm bar to click on the new "start" can also be successfully turned off the machine.

A software called "Slidetoshutdown.exe" is built into Windows 8.1. The user simply drags down the lock screen (the active mouse-drag) screen to perform a shutdown operation-similar to the operation on Windows Phone.

Method One: Although the sliding shutdown option is not activated by default, you can simply call it out and even create a shortcut. Users can refer to the following actions:

Running programs

1, into the "Operation" (Winkey+r);

2, input "Slidetoshutdown.exe";

3, click "OK";

4, there is a shutdown interface, drag down, you can turn off Windows.

Slide off the machine

Method Two: If you do not want to type each time, the user can also create a shortcut for Slidetoshutdown.exe, Slidetoshutdown.exe is located in the System32 folder, find the program, right click and create "Shortcut" can be.