How can we add the Restart and Shutdown options in the Power/Win+X menu Windows 8

users Windows 8 can restart or closed system be accessing PC Settings menu Charmsor adding tile sites for these two actions Start Screen. Another easy way for users to access options Shutdown si Restart in Windows 8 should be put in Win + X menu (Power Menu) Displayed menu using the key combination Windows + X or right-click on thumbnail preview al Start Screen's.

Power-menu

Win + X menu consists of 3 groups de Links tool, shortcuts for these are stored in system folders. To access these folders, users Windows 8 should work view hidden files from File Explorer (open File ExplorerClick on the tab View and check the option Hidden items in section Show / Hide).

hidden-items

Then all the File Explorer, Navigate to the folder C: \ Users \ User Name \ AppData \ Local \ Microsoft \Windows\ WinX, where user Name is your user name (also giving you access that folder and paste the % LOCALAPPDATA% \ Microsoft \Windows\ WinX \ in the address bar from File Explorer).

In the folder WinX you will find the three subfolders groups that make up the Power menu: Group1, Group2 si Group3 (Each containing shortcuts to tool sites accessible Win + X menu).

Winx-folder

How can we add the Shutdown and Restart options in the Win+X menu?

Adding new shortcuts in existing groups or creating other groups in folder WinX has no effect on of the Win + X menu in Windows 8 (Or groups added shortcuts will not be displayed In Win + X), because they first must be approved by means of a specific algorithm (Which require modification of system files, Which is not recommended). The solution is to use a free tool, namely Hashlnk, With which shortcuts you want to add to Power Menu are approvedSo that they can be displayed and allow access tool sites.

To create shortcuts for Shutdown si Restart, Go C: \Windows\System32, Right click on the utility shutdown.exe and select Create shortcut (At the confirmation message, click on Yes to place the shortcut on Desktop).

create-shortcut

Pe Desktop, right-click on the newly created shortcut and select Properties. In tab shortcut, Change Target adding at the end of the line / S / t 0Then click on OK and rename the shortcut that Shutdown.

shutdown-shortcut

Create a second shortcut to shutdown.exe, Then properties its change Target adding at the end of the line / R / t 0 and rename the shortcut Restart.

restart-shortcut

Download Hashlnk, And move shortcuts created folder which contains unzipped the tool. Press Shift and right click on the folder, then select Open command Windows here.

open cmd

In command window Front line key hashlnk shortcuts name.lnk (Replace shortcut name first with shutdown, Then restart, Ie Shutdown.lnk si Restart.lnk) And give Enter.

hashlnk-cmd

Create a new subfolder called Group 4in % LOCALAPPDATA% \ Microsoft \Windows\ WinX \ and move approved shortcuts with Hashlnk tool in it.

Winx-group4

Then give restart la explorer.exe (Or give restart the system) For changes made to take effect.

restart-explorer

After the restart, open it Win + X menu and you will notice that it now displays shutdown si Restart, Which you can use to come to close or restart Windows 8.

shutdown-restart-winx

Success!

Download Hashlnk tool.

Note: Following the steps above you can add other menu shortcuts Win + X, but not before they are approved by the utility Hashlnk.

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