.Dock Special Folders
Every forum I go, people new to dock bars keep asking the same question. I'll post special dock-related questions in here. Mainly the windows shortcuts to add system special folders like My Computer, Network Neighborhood and stuff...
Special Folders Addresses shell:Common
Administrative Tools |
Shutting down Windows from the Dock There are two ways to go here: One, you can add a shortcut to do it thru windows directly by linking to shutdown.exe (in the windows\system32 directory) and you have to use parameters for this. If you use "shutdown.exe -r -f -t 05". that will reboot your computer (because of the -r switch. -r goes for reboot, -s for shutdown and -l for logoff). the -f switch makes windows force all open applications to close, and at last, the -t switch is in the format "-t xx" where xx is seconds.. I used to put 10 seconds, so in case I ever clicked the icon by mistake you still have time to open a command window and type "shutdown -a" cause the -a switch aborts a shutdown order. The second way to go here would be to download True Small Tools's Closewin application. Click here to download it. Then you would only need to link to the application .exe file and that would open the shutdown box that comes up when you click the start button and select the shutdown option. So, choose your flavour. |