Windows 98 Shutdown/Restart Shortcuts

If you restart your computer a lot, you can add an icon to your desktop that lets you skip the Start, Shut Down, Restart, OK procedure.

First, right-click a blank area of your desktop and select  New, then Shortcut. Click the Browse button, navigate to C:\Windows\Rundll.exe and click Open. Add one space to the resulting command line, and then type "user.exe,ExitWindowsExec" (without the quotes). Click Next and give your shortcut a name, then click Finish. Whenever you double-click your new icon, Windows will restart.

(additions from my friend, Peter...thanks Peter!)

For Windows to shutdown completely, without restarting, use:

C:\Windows\Rundll.exe user.exe,ExitWindows

And, to shut down all programs and log on as a new user:

C:\Windows\Rundll.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx

For LOTS more information on doing this in all versions of Windows, read Vic Ferri's article in my ABC ezine.

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