How to Add a Shut Down Tile to Windows 8 Start Screen

How to create a shutdown and reboot tile in Windows 8

1. Step 1: Right-click on a open area of your desktop, then go to New and select Shortcut.
2. Step 2: In the location box, type shutdown /p to shut down Windows 8 immediately or shutdown /r /t 0 to reboot Windows 8 immediately. ...
3. Step 3: Type a name for your shortcut, then click the Finish button.

1. How do I add a tile to Windows 8 start screen?
2. How do I get Desktop tile on Start screen?
3. How do I add a shutdown button to my desktop?
4. How do I add the power button to the taskbar in Windows 8?
5. How do I add features to Windows 8?
6. How do you pin a screen on a laptop?
7. How do you shut down Windows 8?
8. How do I restart Windows 8 from command prompt?
9. How do I create a shutdown shortcut?

How do I add a tile to Windows 8 start screen?

To create tiles for your favorite sites in Windows 8:

1. Navigate to a page that you want to create a tile for.
2. Right-click or swipe up to open the App Bar.
3. Click Pin site.
4. Click Pin to Start.
5. Click the Pin to Start button to create the tile.

How do I get Desktop tile on Start screen?

A menu bar appears at the bottom of the screen. Click the All apps button at the bottom right corner. From the All Apps menu right click the Desktop tile and then click the Pin to Start button at the bottom left of the screen. Your Desktop tile will be back in the Metro Start Screen.

How do I add a shutdown button to my desktop?

Create a shutdown button

1. Right click on the desktop and select the New > Shortcut option.
2. In the Create Shortcut window, enter "shutdown /s /t 0" as the location (Last character is a zero) , do not type the quotes (" "). ...
3. Now enter a name for the shortcut. ...
4. Right click on the new shutdown icon, select Properties and a dialogue box will appear.

How do I add the power button to the taskbar in Windows 8?

Right-click the "Shutdown" icon and then click "Pin to Taskbar" to pin the icon to your Windows 8 taskbar.

How do I add features to Windows 8?

All you have to do is to access Control Panel – from your Start Screen press “Wind + R” keyboard keys and type “control”. Now on your Control Panel Window you should notice something like “Get more features with a new edition of Windows”. Just click on that link and then add new features option will be displayed.

How do you pin a screen on a laptop?

To pin apps to the taskbar

1. Press and hold (or right-click) an app, and then select More > Pin to taskbar.
2. If the app is already open on the desktop, press and hold (or right click) the app's taskbar button, and then select Pin to taskbar.

How do you shut down Windows 8?

Click the Settings icon and then the Power Icon. You should see three options: Sleep, Restart, and Shut down. Clicking Shut down will close Windows 8 and turn off your PC.

How do I restart Windows 8 from command prompt?

From an open command prompt window:

1. type shutdown, followed by the option you wish to execute.
2. To shut down your computer, type shutdown /s.
3. To restart your computer, type shutdown /r.
4. To log off your computer type shutdown /l.
5. For a complete list of options type shutdown /?
6. After typing your chosen option, press Enter.

How do I create a shutdown shortcut?

Shut down or restart Windows using "Alt + F4"

Whenever the focus in Windows 10 is on the desktop, you can press the Alt + F4 keys on your keyboard to open the shutdown menu. In the Shut Down Windows dialog window, you can open the drop-down list to choose whether to shut down, restart or put the device to sleep.