Ten Methods for shutting down Windows 8 Systems

The Windows 8 consumer preview without the start button makes it difficult for some users to get started. What should I do if it was a simple shutdown or reboot? Ten Methods to disable and restart Windows 8 consumer preview are summarized below:

1. Disable Windows 8 through the Charms super bar

In Windows 8, Microsoft introduced the Charms Bar Super Bar. You can hover your mouse over the lower right corner of the taskbar to bring up the Charm Bar. You can also press Win + C to open it, click "set" to display the shutdown, restart, and sleep options, or use the shortcut key Win + I to directly open the "set" option.

 

 

 

2. Create a tip tile for shutdown and restart (Tiles)

We recommend a free software: Handy Shortcuts ). You can decompress the package without installation. This small software can help you create shortcuts for actions such as shutdown, sleep, and restart. You can drag these shortcuts to the taskbar or place them on the Start Screen as a tile.

Drag the shortcut for shutdown and restart to the taskbar

Create reboot and shutdown tile (Tiles)

Main Interface

3. Use the shortcut key to shut down or restart

You can customize the hotkey for the preceding shortcut, so that you can quickly shut down or restart the instance by pressing it.

 

4. Use the shutdown dialog box

Forgot Alt + F4? This shortcut key combination is also applicable in Windows 8. Shutdown, restart, and sleep are all here. In desktop mode, use Alt + F4 and select the operation you want to perform.

 

5. Shut down with a keyboard

Use the shortcut key "Win + I" to open the setting interface, press the Space key, press the up button twice, and press enter To Turn off Windows 8. It is troublesome, but it is also a method.

 

6. Shutdown From the system tray

Third-party software is also used this time. HotShut is very simple. After running, it will reside in the system tray area. Right-click the tray icon to bring up the menu.

 

7. Define the shutdown button action

What we will talk about next is also available in Windows 7. In the system settings-power options, we can customize how to deal with Windows 8 when the physical power button is pressed, for notebook users, you can also set how the system will operate when this book is closed.

 

8. Use a command prompt

Open the command prompt, shut down and enter shutdown/s, restart and enter shutdown/r, and press enter to take effect.

9. Right-click the menu to shut down or restart the instance.

With Right-Click Extender, you can add restart or shutdown commands in the Right-Click menu. Right-Click Extender is a shortcut menu enhancement tool that can add a large number of useful options to your Right-Click menu in Windows. After the software is running, the Registry is automatically backed up or the System Restore point is created for restoration at any time.

 





 

10. Typical shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + Del

I believe everyone is familiar with this shortcut key. The interface opened after the shortcut key is used in Windows 8 is as follows. Click the power button in the lower right corner to shut down, restart, and sleep.



This article is from the home of Windows 8.