Instructions for Creating Slide to Shut Down Shortcut on Windows

Slide to shutdown is a feature that is integrated from Windows 8, 8.1 and Windows 10. This is a feature that helps you turn off quickly, shorten a lot of time to perform a computer shutdown just by sliding the screen down.

In the article below, Network Administrator will guide you how to create a Slide to Shut Down shortcut on a Windows 10 computer.

Create Slide to Shutdown Shortcut on Windows 10 computer

If you are using Surface Pro, you can press and hold the power button for a few seconds to Slide to Power interface.

Creating shortcuts in this way is similar to creating a traditional shortcut on computers and laptops. The problem is that you have to search for hidden files in the System folder.

To search for hidden files in the System folder, you can refer to some of the following:

First, navigate to the path C: WindowsSystem32 and search for the file sidletoshutdown.exe .

Then click on the SlideToShutdown.exe file, select the Send to command , then select Desktop to create the SlideToShutdown Shortcut file on the Desktop screen.

Or alternatively on the Desktop, right-click then select Create a new shortcut (create a new shortcut) and then enter the following path:

% windir% System32SlideToShutDown.exe

Then you name the newly created Shortcut Slide to Shutdown or whatever easy-to-remember name you want.

When you click on the shortcut, on the screen you will see an interface like the one below:

Slide the screen down to turn off your computer.

If after 10 seconds you do not slide the screen, the interface will disappear.

You can refer to some of the following articles:

• How to activate Dark Mode on Windows 10?

• Activate the Slide To Shutdown function in Windows 8.1 Preview

• How to disable Automatic Maintenance on Windows 10

Good luck!