Thread: emulate power button in windows?

Well...kind of. I use a program called "quick shut down". Here is the link.

http://www.newfreeware.com/desktop/249/

It lets you decide what to do on either a single or double click. It is not an icon, however, it sits in the right hand tray. Maybe you can tweak it from there?

Actually, you may want to try this: http://www.cba.nau.edu/facstaff/love...ckShutdown.htm
may be easier, and it is actually an icon. But it actually is made to shut down or restart. Maybe a tweak can be made?

make a shortcut to this:

c:\windows\system32\shutdown /h

Just tried that...doesnt seem to do anything. It pops up a dos looking screen for a split second, then goes back to normal. Is there something I am leaving out?

Oh.

Try this: Go to dos prompt and type in shutdown -?

It will tell you options. I have the shutdown.exe from win2003 and that has a lot more options than xp shutdown.

Here are the shutdown options on win2003.

C:\Documents and Settings\lwin>shutdown -?
Usage: shutdown [/i | /l | /s | /r | /a | /p | /h | /e] [/f]
[/m \\computer][/t xxx][/d [p:]xx:yy [/c "comment"]]

No args Display help. This is the same as typing /?
/? Display help. This is the same as not typing any options
/i Display the graphical user interface (GUI).
This must be the first option
/l Log off. This cannot be used with /m or /d option
/s Shutdown the computer
/r Shutdown and restart the computer
/a Abort a system shutdown.
This can only be used during the time-out period
/p Turn off the local computer with no time-out or warning.
This can only be used with /d option
/h Hibernate the local computer.
This can only be used with the /f option
/e Document the reason for an unexpected shutdown of a computer
/m \\computer Specify the target computer
/t xxx Set time-out period before shutdown to xxx seconds.
The valid range is 0-600, with a default of 30
/c "comment" Comment on the reason for the restart or shutdown.
Maximum of 127 characters allowed
/f Force running applications to close without forewarning users
/d [p:]xx:yy Provide the reason for the restart or shutdown
p indicates that the restart or shutdown is planned
xx is the major reason number (positive integer less than 256)
yy is the minor reason number (positive integer less than 65536)

Sweet! thanks for the tips

Crappy. I just found out i can't hot switch my computer, thought this thread might be about emulating something for a shutdown controller.