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Curt:
Thanks to Gizmo for telling about this free ebook from Microsoft on Windows 8:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/microsoft_press/archive/2012/11/13/free-ebook-introducing-windows-8-an-overview-for-it-professionals-final-edition.aspx

ewemoa:
I'm using the method described here to open the Windows Shutdown dialog from FARR.

Basically, you just have to put a shortcut to a text file called e.g. Shutdown.js with the following line

(new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).ShutdownWindows();

somewhere where FARR can find it.
-phitsc (January 03, 2013, 03:59 PM)
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Nice tip :up:


On a side note, it appears to work in Windows 7.

Carol Haynes:
CTRL + Shutdown does the same job too. Hold CTRL until the lights go off!

Josh:
Or you can add an alias (no javascript or batch files required) with the command: c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe -s -t 0  which will shut the computer down immediately.

phitsc:
That will make a complete shutdown though, not a "Windows 8 Shutdown".

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