Windows 10 Slide to shutdown feature

To see the Slide to Shutdown feature in Windows 10 in action,

1 Windows 10 Slide to shutdown feature1.1 Create Slide To Shutdown Shortcut1.1.1 Trick 2 To Slide to shutdown feature

Press Windows + R shortcut keys on the keyboardType command slide to shutdown and click okThe Slide To Shut Down feature will make the lock screen roll down halfway through the screen.Then all you need to do is to pull it down to shut down your PC.

  To quickly shut down your Windows 10/8.1 touch device, you can create a Slide To Shutdown shortcut on your desktop. If you want to have permanent access to the feature, you can create a shortcut or pin the slidetoshutdown.exe file to the Start menu or Taskbar.

Create Slide To Shutdown Shortcut

To create a Slide To Shutdown shortcut, right-click on your Windows desktopSelect New then ShortcutNow in the Create Shortcut wizard that opens.

In the Type the location of the item field, Type  %windir%\System32\SlideToShutDown.exe

Click on Next.Give the shortcut a name – SlideToShutDown,and click on Finish.

Now select the shortcut right click on it select propertiesClick on change Icon select the appropriate icon for this.

Now when you want to shut down your tablet or touch device, click /touch this icon.The lock screen will roll down halfway through the screen and stay there.Drag it down to the bottom edge of the screen and your computer will shut-down.

Tablet users especially may find this feature more useful, if you create its shortcut on the desktop or pin it to your taskbar. The Slide to shutdown feature can be used with the mouse as well, you can drag the overlay down with the mouse pointer.

Trick 2 To Slide to shutdown feature

Open File Explorer then Navigate C:\windows\system32There you will find the slidetoshutdown.exe file.Right-click it to pin it to Start or to the taskbaryou can drag the slidetoshutdown.exe file to Desktop while holding down the Alt key.This will create a shortcut on the Desktop.Double click on shortcut icon to access the slide to shutdown feature.

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