How to create a Windows 8 shutdown tile

May 14, 2013

Wouldn't you love to have this option in your Windows 8 Start screen? Last October I explained to how to shut down Windows 8—a subject you wouldn't think would require its own how-to guide. And yet. At the end of that post (which generated quite the conversation), I promised to return with a shortcut that would minimize the hassles of mousing and clicking through the Settings menu to reach the shutdown option. And then I plumb forgot! Reader Jodie recently called me on it, and rightly so. Here, then, from the Better-Late-Than-Never Dept., is your guide to creating a shutdown tile for Windows 8: 1. It starts, ironically, in Desktop mode, which you can reach by clicking/tapping the Desktop tile or pressing Win-D (that's the Windows key and the letter D). To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038647/how-to-create-a-windows-8-shutdown-tile.html#tk.rss_howto