testroom_9 Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 hi everyone, i use my PC as a tv/ media center and it is connected from the lounge to a screen in the bedroom via a long VGA cable... i use a wireless xbox 360 controller as a remote for mouse and other useful buttons. basically the screen is connected to the secondary output on thegfx and as such (i use extended desktop not clone) there are no buttons to controll shutdown etc.. as i fall asleep (too) often and leave the thing running mainly because i cant be bothered to go and turn the box off i wanted to know if there was a way to create a desktop icon that would shut down the PCwith a double click? or a button i could just map to the remote to do this? thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_onion Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 (edited) ok so apparently seven forums is spam so I pm'd you a link. PS: I really think that subscribers or even just ^2 should be able to post any links. Edited August 13, 2009 by mad_onion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testroom_9 Posted August 13, 2009 Author Share Posted August 13, 2009 thanks, but the address has just come through the email as www.<<spam>>...... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Create a shortcut to "shutdown -f -t:5" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sw1tch.. Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 Open notepad and type in "shutdown -f" (no quotes) and save as shutdown.bat to the desktop. Once you double click this it will run the batch file and shutdown your machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 There's no need for a bat, a shortcut will do the job just fine, and then can have a custom icon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegus Posted August 13, 2009 Share Posted August 13, 2009 A quick google reveals this: http://www.astahost.com/info.php/Create-Sh...ktop_t7372.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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