Last Updated on April 22, 2020 by Next Century
Solution A – GUI + keyboard
If your a keyboard shortcut fan, you may have already known that Alt+F4 closes the currently selected Windows application.
When your desktop is selected, it stands to reason that typing Alt+F4 has the effect of telling Windows that you’d like to close Windows itself. Simple and easy to remember.
Press Win+D to minimized all open Windows to show your desktop, alternatively, you can left-click the lower-right corner
Press Alt+F4 to bring up the Shut Down Windows – What do you want the computer to do? dialog, where you can now choose any of the following list of actions:
Disconnect
Sign out
Shut down
RestartSelect which option you want, then press Enter or click OK
Solution B – Command Prompt
Open a Command Prompt by clicking on Start
and in Type here to search type in cmd, right click on Command Prompt and select Run as administrator
You should then get the User Account Control to prompt, click Yes to continue
To initiate a Shut down, type
shutdown /s /t 0Then press Enter
To initiate a Restart, type:
shutdown /r /t 0Then press Enter
NOTE: Because of the 0 second delay you specified, you'll want to be very sure you really intend to do this immediately, before you press that Enter key!
