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In previous versions of Windows, the shutdown options were in the Start menu. Where can these options be found now?

The only options I can find on the Start screen are Lock and Sign Out, and at present I am having to use the option under the Ctrl+Alt+Delete screen.

Graham Wager
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You can find the shutdown options in the Charms bar.

The Charms bar can be accessed by

  • moving the mouse to very top right or bottom right corner of the screen;
  • swiping in from the right; or
  • pressing Windows+C

From there, you need to click or tap the Settings option, and the shutdown options are available at the bottom under the Power icon:

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Graham Wager
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From 10 different ways to Shutdown or Restart Windows 8:

  1. Shutdown Windows 8 via Charms Bar
  2. Create Shutdown Restart Shortcuts or Tiles in Windows 8
  3. Shutdown or Restart Windows 8 using HotKey
  4. Bring up the Windows 8 Shut down dialog box
  5. Shutdown using the keyboard
  6. Shutdown Windows 8 from the System Tray
  7. Define Power buttons and lid closure actions
  8. Shutdown Windows 8 using Command Prompt or Run
  9. Shutdown or Restart Windows 8 using the Context Menu
  10. Using Ctrl+Alt+Del
Canadian Luke
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Leftium
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Windows 8 still supports the command line feature to shut it down. You can just press the Win+R button to open the run dialog box and type the command

shutdown /s /f /t 0

/s for shut it down

/f for forcefully close any application and shut it down immediately

/t for time in milliseconds, without delay

/r for reboot, replace the /s

There are other ways to shut it down easily

Sign Out

You can shut down Windows 8 from the login screen after signing out. To sign out, open the Start screen (press the Windows key or move your mouse to the bottom left corner of your screen and click), click your name, and select Sign Out. Click the power button at the bottom right corner of the screen and select Shut down.

Alt+F4

You can shut down Windows directly from the desktop. First, ensure the desktop is focused by clicking your desktop background, and then press Alt+F4 (as we all know if you press this key combination while a program is focused, that program will close.) Select Shut Down in the dialog that appears.

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Update: You can also add shutdown, restart, log off, switch user to the desktop right click(context menu) menu. Just download this registry file and run the add-menu.reg file and it immediate add the menu to the right click menu.

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Information from this source.

avirk
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The default behaviour of a single short press of the power button on your PC is to initiate shutdown. This is by far the simplest way I have found to shut down.

evilcandybag
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Somebody made a program here that you may find relevant. It makes shutdown buttons.

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Mikhail
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Move your cursor to the top right of the screen (I think it can work on any corner of the screen I just always use top right) and a bar along the middle of the right side of the screen will appear. This bar will have about 5 options on it click the bottom option (settings option) a side menu will appear with the options to shut down, restart, sleep etc

James Blackburn
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I noticed that in Windows 8.1 they added an option for shutting down in Advanced Menu. Just press Win+X or move your mouse to start button on right click.

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so to quicky shut down you can press Win+X,u,u

Mariusz Pawelski
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