Now that the most recent version of Microsoft's operating system has been proposed, new benefits and help have been offered to all of its users; remember that a while ago we had mentioned a few special features that this Windows 8.1 operating system brought us, which are not all but rather, they come to represent a few to be used at any time.
We recommend that you review the article that we proposed a while ago, where we mentioned the 10 most important features of this operating system; However, Is there any additional way to shut down Windows 8.1? Of course, something that becomes interesting as long as we find a command that Microsoft has hidden for security reasons and that right now, we will discover it so that you can use it at any time, in the easiest way and by course, without having to deal with the different options that appear in the corners of the screen, which a certain number of users have deactivated due to a small dissatisfaction with them.
Discovering the local file to shut down to Windows 8.1
Well, there is a local file within this Windows 8.1 operating system, same as under the name of SlideToShutDown.exe will help us to activate a very interesting function in this operating system. When we execute it (once we have found it) we will be able to admire that the screen that usually appears when we block the team, it reappears occupying 3/4 of its space downwards and where, an inverted arrow with an allusive message, is telling us to drag it all the way to the bottom, so that the equipment turns off completely.
Now, you may wonder where this interesting file SlideToShutDown.exe is located, a situation that is not difficult to decipher since we could use different mechanisms to locate it, with 2 of the most important methods being the following:
- Find it manually with File Explorer in the directory Windows-> System32
- Making use of the option Search and placing the name of SlideToShutDown.exe
Once the file is located, we will only have to double click so that the lock screen with the message and the inverted arrow, appear as we have previously suggested.
Create a shortcut for SlideToShutDown.exe in Windows 8.1
Now, if we are going to use this procedure to shut down this operating system on a regular basis, then it would be impossible to have to use any of the 2 methods that we mentioned above, since as users, we will get tired of doing it. The solution is to create a shortcut for this file; We could create this shortcut to locate its respective icon on the desktop. If you don't know how to do it, we suggest you read the article where we explain the correct way to perform this task.
If we have located SlideToShutDown.exe through the second procedure, the situation is much easier, since we will only have to right-click on the displayed result, and then make a Pin so that the tile is shown as a shortcut on the Home Screen Windows 8.1; remember that by clicking with the right button of the mouse on this result (or any other that we have found) more options will appear, although the one that really interests us at this moment, is the one that we mentioned, that is, that a tile appears as a shortcut on the Home Screen.
For you to test what we are trying to do, you should run 2 or 3 applications and make them remain open, this to make it more difficult to close or shutdown the operating system; if we do click on the shortcut created on the desktop or on the tile that we have placed on the Windows 8.1 Start Screen, we will admire the lock screen appears, occupying 3/4 of the entire area. If we have a touch screen, we will only have to select the small inverted arrow with our finger and drag the entire screen down. If instead we have a mouse, with it we will have to select that screen to drag it down in the same way; With either of the 2 operations, our Windows 8.1 computer will shut down immediately.
More information - Interesting aspects that you should know about Windows 8.1, The 10 best features you'll appreciate in Windows 8.1, Disable the "LOCK" screen in Windows 8, Create a Search Function Shortcut in Windows