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Resolved Keyboard Shortcut For Windows 7 Power Options

Discussion in 'Windows 7' started by James Martin, 2014/02/18.

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  1. 2014/02/18
    James Martin

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    Remember how you could press WinKey + u + s, h, r, u to put XP to sleep, hibernate, restart, or shutdown? I have been trying to accomplish the same thing with Windows 7, but the listed key combinations don't work.

    Is there a way to fix this?
     
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    shutdown:
    Windows Key (press & release) > Right Arrow > Enter

    re-start:
    Windows Key (press & release) > Right Arrow twice > Up Arrow > Enter
     
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    Why not create a short cut for shutdown and restart? Right click and empty space on the desktop\New\Shortcut. Shutdown: In the location line, type shutdown -s -t 0(this is a zero and not an oh) Name it Shutdown then choose an icon click apply and ok. Then pin it to the Taskbar. Restart: shutdown -r -t 0 name it Restart choose an icon then pin it to the taskbar. It's a lot easier to click once on the taskbar icon then it is using a keyboard shortcut.
     
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    James Martin

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    Well, call me lazy, but I was hoping for less keyboard intervention - although the shutdown sequence is OK, but I rarely shut my computer down.
     
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    James Martin

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    I found a way to make a shortcut to log off with (shutdown -f), and I have it pinned to the taskbar. I mainly do restarts, sleep, and hibernation, but that would mean creating a taskbar shortcut for each command. Not a bad idea, but sounds confusing.
     
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    Thanks!!!! (And thanks to James for bringing this subject up!)
     
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    James Martin

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    You're welcome, elcajongunsfan. ;)

    Does anyone know of a shortcut command to log off my user account and put Windows 7 to sleep at the same time?
     
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    James Martin

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    Thanks, Neil, but I didn't see anything related to power options.
     
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    James Martin

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    Here's a way to make to a sleep shortcut...



    The second method doesn't work unless you disable hibernation - which I can't do because my UPS needs hibernation enabled in case of power failure.

    The first option works with or without hibernation enabled.


    Close, but no cigar. Still looking for a log off / sleep shortcut. Maybe there ain't no such animal. :(
     
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    What about the second shortcut for restart: shutdown -r -t 0. rename it Restart click on change Icon then pick out an icon. Click Apply and Ok.
     
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    James Martin

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    James Martin

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    That's a neat shortcut for restarting Windows, lj. I noticed that you can add seconds to the end of the command to create a delayed restart.
     
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    Sorry I forgot to mention delaying restart. Got to find that tea that helps you remember things. Forgot where I put it.
     
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    James Martin

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    I can't get anything to work like I want to (logoff/sleep), so I guess I have to settle for the old fashioned way of doing things.
     
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    James Martin

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    I have those shortcuts, lj, but I was unable to create a combined, logoff / sleep shortcut.
     
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    Sorry James I must have misread the post. Or was confused(which isn't that hard to do with me).
     
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