------------------------------------------------------------ W i n d o w s 9 8 S h o r t c u t t o S h u t d o w n W i n d o w s 9 8 ------------------------------------------------------------ Summary: Single-click shortcut to shutdown Windows 98 rather than going through the START | Shut Down... dialog. Action: 1. Right-click on desktop and select New | Shortcut 2. In Command Line type rundll32 shell32,SHExitWindowsEx n Where n is: 0 - LOGOFF 1 - SHUTDOWN 2 - REBOOT 3 - SHUTDOWN + REBOOT (same as 2) 4 - FORCE 5 - FORCE + SHUTDOWN (same as 4) 6 - FORCE + REBOOT 7 - FORCE + SHUTDOWN + REBOOT (same as 6) 8 - POWEROFF 9 - POWEROFF + SHUTDOWN (same as 8) 10 - POWEROFF + REBOOT (same as 2) 11 - POWEROFF + SHUTDOWN + REBOOT (same as 2) 12 - POWEROFF + FORCE 13 - POWEROFF + FORCE + SHUTDOWN (same as 12) 14 - POWEROFF + FORCE + REBOOT (same as 6) 15 - POWEROFF + FORCE + SHUTDOWN + REBOOT (same as 6) 3. Give the shortcut the name "Shutdown" or similar to reflect its action. 4. Click Finish. Note: This shortcut will carry-out the command *immediately*. You will not be given a confirmation dialog as you get when you exit via START | Shut Down... Source: From a newsgroup message on news://microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion Copied and pasted from another message I found sometime back. NOTE, the command line is CASE sensitive. Peter C. Forrest http://www.pcforrest.freeserve.co.uk/ (WEBSITE NOW OFFLINE)