How to Enable Slide to Shutdown in

Windows 8.1

When Windows 8 was unleashed to the public on 1st August 2012, one of the most frequent

issues faced and highlighted by the user base was ‘how to quickly shut down the PC’. Now, this

may seem a bit trivial but upon using the operating system one reaches the conclusion that

Microsoft had successfully made the process of shutting down somewhat inaccessible or

mysterious. The former case was such that you could easily click on the shut down option in the

Start menu whenever needed but with the Start Menu gone and the Start Screen introduced,

many of the initial users had to keep the power button pressed to achieve the desired outcome. In

actual, to shut down your computer in Windows 8, you have to move your cursor to the bottom

right corner of the screen to reveal the Charms Bar where clicking the Settings icon expands the

sidebar to reveal a Power button. Upon clicking this button, three options spring up: Shut

down, Restartand Sleep. Read More

To activate the Slide To Shutdown feature in Windows 8.1, follow the steps below:

Step 1

See if your system supports connected standby. The Slide To Shutdown feature, quite often,

requires connected standby (that allows instant turn on and off). In order to check support,

simply type powercfg/availablesleepstates in the Command Prompt window.

Step 2

Type ‘Slide To Shutdown’ in the Start Screen and click the item if it comes up in the search

results. Remember, the Slide to Shutdown item is an EXE file and it should be activated as soon

as you click it.

Step 3

It’s always best to assign a shortcut or a hotkey to such a critical function. To do that, navigate to

your Windows 8.1 installation drive where you must select the system folder by clicking

Windows folder followed by the System32 folder.

Upon reaching there, find

theSlideToShutdown.exe file and right click it to bring

the context menu to view. Inside the Send To option,

select the Desktop (create shortcut) option to make it

accessible on the desktop. Right click the respective

desktop icon and click on Properties to view the

subsequent window. Read More

Image Courtesy: IntoWindows

As evident, the Slide To Shutdown feature (although hidden to the common user base) is a very

useful tweak for everyone realizing the value of time. If you face any issues, in accessing or

enabling this feature feel free to tell us about your experiences in the Comments section below.

Cheers!

Figure 1 Click Here To View Enlarge Image

Related Articles:

How To Upgrade From Windows 8 To Windows 8.1?

Is Windows 8.1 Worth The Upgrade?

E-book by writeawriting

An Ultimate survival guide for Writers, Bloggers, Social Media Mavens, Business

Experts and Marketing Guys.

Follow us on