Pro Hidden trick for Windows 10 Enable Slide to Shutdown

Enable Slide to Shutdown

Shutting down & powering on your computer are perhaps some of the easiest tasks you can do on Windows 10. Back on Windows 8, Microsoft also included a new interactive way to power off your device with the "Slide to shut down your PC" gesture. ... If you want to get the same shutdown ...
This trick is complicated and probably not worth the effort for what you get out of it, but here you go Right-click on the desktop > New > Shortcut. In the ensuing pop-up window, paste the following line of code:

%windir%\System32\SlideToShutDown.exe

This creates a clickable icon on your desktop, which you can feel free to rename. To shut down via slide-down, double-click on the new icon to prompt a pull-down shade. Then use your mouse to drag it down to the bottom of the screen. Keep in mind, this isn't sleep, this is a shutdown.

Click and hold with mouse or touchpad and drag the slide to shut down screen to the bottom of the display and release to shut down your PC. Press Enter while on the slide to shut down screen to shut down your PC.

Shutting down and powering on your computer are perhaps some of the easiest tasks you can do on Windows 10. Back on Windows 8, Microsoft also included a new interactive way to power off your device with the "Slide to shut down your PC" gesture. That feature exists on Windows 10, but it's typically only enabled on tablets and Windows 10 Mobile devices when you press and hold the power button.

If you want to get the same shutdown experience on your laptop or desktop, you can quickly create a shortcut with the proper command to enable "Slide to shut down your PC" on Windows 10, even on non-touch screen devices.


In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through the steps to add the slide to shut down gesture to your computer.