How to Shut Your Computer Down Faster

Windows Tip> One Click Shutdown and Restart

The following procedure will create an icon which will save you the extra few clicks when shutting down or restarting your computer. The Restart command is especially useful if your computer does not have a reset button at all.

RunDLL (16-bit) and RunDLL32 (32-bit) are command-line utilities that allow you to invoke a function exported from a DLL, either 16-bit or 32-bit. Normally, only programmers have access to DLLs. But you can write a function that can be triggered using RUNDLL32, particularly helpful for running commands like those below.

One-click shutdown

One-click restart:

Same as above except the command line:

On the desktop, right-click and select New, then Shortcut. (In other words, create a new shortcut.) Then on the Command line type (or copy and paste it): C:\windows\rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindowsexec

If the C: drive is not your local drive, replace C with the correct letter of the hard drive. That's all. For even better functions, you could also create a shortcut key under the Properties of the shortcut you just made. That's all folks!

Other Useful Commands:

• Fast restart that will close all programs and prompt you to log in again:

  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx

• Total reboot:

  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 2

• Total shutdown:

  rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 5