How to Create a Slide to Shut Down Shortcut in Windows 10

To be able to slide to shut down your touchscreen device, you need to access the SlideToShutDown.exe. In this tutorial, we'll create a shortcut to the executable.


The slide to shut down feature might just be the one thing you didn't know you needed!

Right-click on your Desktop and click New > Shortcut.

Copy and paste %windir%\System32\SlideToShutDown.exe next to Type the location of the item, and click Next.



Click Finish, or you can name the shortcut anything you want first.

For example, we took the .exe out.



You're all set, but you can also change the default icon.

Right-click on the new shortcut and click on Properties.

Click on Change icon. You will be alerted that there is no icon. Click OK.

Choose, or browse to an icon and click OK.

This tweak is included as part of MajorGeeks Registry Tweaks in Power - Startup - Shut Down > Create a Slide to Shut Down Shortcut.

The icon is already setup as the Power icon in that download. A real timesaver!



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