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Change Your Windows Vista Power Buttons to Shut Down

January 12, 2008

The Power button in the Windows Vista start menu is set to Sleep by default. This setting can be changed in the Advanced Power Setting Panel. These instructions provide you a short cut to find this panel:

  • 1.Type “cmd” into the Start Menu Search bar to open a command prompt.
  • 2.Now type in “powercfg.cpl,1” OR you could take the longer route of (Control Panel \ Power Options \ Change Plan Settings \ Change Advanced Power Settings).
  • 3. Now, once you have found this dialog, scroll down to “Power buttons and lid” as shown in this example:
    Change Your Windows Vista Power Buttons to Shut Down
    Here is where the options can be changed.

    * The Power button action – Will change the hardware power button action
    * The Start menu power button – Will change the power button on the Start Menu

    You can choose from Sleep, Hibernate or Shut Down, or even nothing if you prefer for the hardware power button.

Written by Vlad · Filed Under Windows Vista How To 

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