Desktop Button for standby or hibernate?

gospeed.racer · 04-26-2004, 07:56 PM

Anybody able to do me a huge favor and make me a desktop button I can click to put my computer into standby or hibernate? I had a hibernate button once, but that...was a long long time ago. I cant find it anymore

Thanks! -Jeff

DOH....Found it.....http://www.newfreeware.com/desktop/249/

The only problem is I kind of need a button, and this is just a tray icon.

IWhen I searched a different set of keywords i found that I had posted this last year. Ever have a Monday? I need a beer.

god_of_cpu · 04-26-2004, 08:54 PM

Wrote this cause I'm such a nice guy.

It runs completly off the command line, just pass it a shutdown command. Run without a command to get a list of the commands it supports. Just link a shortcut to this and put it on your desktop to get a desktop button.

Souce is included below. Attached is the binary, it will run on anything microsoft windows.

#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN // Exclude rarely-used stuff from Windows headers

#include <windows.h>

int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance,
HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
LPSTR lpCmdLine,
int nCmdShow)
{
if (lstrcmpi(lpCmdLine,"hibernate")==0)
SetSystemPowerState( FALSE, FALSE );
else if (lstrcmpi(lpCmdLine, "standby") == 0)
SetSystemPowerState( TRUE, FALSE );
else if (lstrcmpi(lpCmdLine,"restart")==0)
{
ExitWindowsEx(EWX_REBOOT, 0);
} else if (lstrcmpi(lpCmdLine,"shutdown")==0)
{
ExitWindowsEx(EWX_SHUTDOWN, 0);
} else if (lstrcmpi(lpCmdLine,"blankscreen")==0)
{
SendMessage(GetDesktopWindow(), WM_SYSCOMMAND, SC_MONITORPOWER, 2);
} else if (lstrcmpi(lpCmdLine,"logoff")==0)
{
ExitWindowsEx(EWX_LOGOFF, 0);
}
else
MessageBox(NULL, "Usage: shutdown <parameter>\n\nValid Parameters:\n\tblankscreen\n\tlogoff\n\thibernate\ n\treboot\n\tstandby\n\tshutdown\n\nBrought to you by http://www.digitalwheelz.com", "Invalid Command Parameter", MB_ICONSTOP | MB_OK);

return 0;
}

wizardPC · 04-26-2004, 08:54 PM

http://grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm

gospeed.racer · 04-26-2004, 08:56 PM

Thanks guys, yer awesome!

Confused · 04-27-2004, 03:05 AM

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MatrixPC · 04-27-2004, 09:12 AM

isn't it Windows has an ultility called "shutdown.exe"?
With some switch, you can have it either shutdown, reboot, or hibernate.
After figure out which switch, you can create a bat file for it.

Defiler · 04-27-2004, 11:47 AM

Here's how you can set up a restart button on your desktop:

1. Create a shortcut (Right-click on desktop, select New > Shortcut).

2. For location, type the following:

shutdown -r -t 0

3. Click Next, enter a name for the shortcut ("Restart" is appropriate), and click Finish.

When you click your Restart shortcut, Windows XP will reboot *automagically*!

The "-r" switch tells XP to reboot. If you'd like the shortcut to shut off your PC instead, change it to "-s"; to simply log off, change it to "-l". The "-t 0" sets the timeout (in seconds), so up this value if you find the need for it. To force running applications to close, add "-f" -- be careful with this one!

For more information on Shutdown, type "shutdown" in a command prompt window (Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt), or search for Shutdown in Windows XP's Help and Support Center.

bondbond55 · 04-27-2004, 02:33 PM

Yes, but thats not hibernate or standby :P