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Restarting your computer is a common task, whether for troubleshooting, installing updates, or improving system performance. Instead of navigating through menus, you can create a Restart Shortcut on your desktop for quick access. How can you add a Restart shortcut to the desktop in your Windows 10 PC? This guide will show you how to create and customize a Restart Shortcut in Windows 10. Keep reading to find a practical solution.
Step 1: Right-tap the desktop, point at New on the menu and choose Shortcut in the sub-options.
Step 2: In the pop-up Create Shortcut window, type c:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe –r –t 00, and then select Next.
Step 3: Name the shortcut as Restart, and click Finish.
After these procedures, a shortcut named Restart is created on the desktop, as exhibited in the following picture.
If you prefer a keyboard shortcut:
Step 1: Follow Method 1 to create the Restart Shortcut.
Step 2: Right-click the shortcut and select Properties.
Step 3: Find the Shortcut key section and then choose your key combination.
Step 4: Finally, click Apply and then OK.
For those who want to restart the computer from taskbar or start menu, they can right-click the Restart shortcut and then choose to Pin to Start or Pin to taskbar.
If you set a delayed restart and need to cancel it, open Command Prompt and enter: shutdown /a . This will abort any pending shutdown or restart.
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