How to shut down windows '98 fast
As you may know, when you want to shut down Microsoft® Windows® 98, you
have to go through several steps. First you have to click the Start button and
select the Shut Down command. When the Shut Down Windows dialog box appears, you
have to select the Shut Down The Computer option and then click Yes. That's four
steps.
Fortunately, we've discovered a way to shut down Windows 98 in one simple
double-click. To implement this technique, launch the Create Shortcut wizard by
right clicking on the desktop and selecting the New/Shortcut command from the
shortcut menu. Once the Create Shortcut wizard loads, type c:\windows\rundll.exe
user.exe,exitwindows in the Command Line text box,. (Make sure that there isn't
a space between the comma and the exitwindows parameter otherwise the command
won't work.) To continue, click Next.
When the next page appears, type Shut Down Windows in the Select a Name For
the Shortcut text box and click Finish. Now, when you're ready to shut down
Windows 98, close all your applications as you normally would, and then just
double-click the new Shut Down Windows icon windows icon.
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