3 ways to enable slide to shutdown on Windows 10 system
Do you know that Windows 10 has a cool trick to enable slide to shutdown feature? If you have a touch screen you would more likely to use a finger slide option to shutdown your system. In this short quick tip, we will learn how to do it.
This can be done by executing the command SlideToShutDown.exe
, which resides in the %windir%\System32
directory of any windows system.
Here are three different approaches to execute the slide to shutdown your PC feature on your Windows 10 system, using the %windir%\System32\SlideToShutDown
command:
Option 1: Execute slide to shutdown from Run dialog
- From your Windows 10 desktop, go to "Run" (
Win + R key). - Now enter the following command "
SlideToShutDown
" in the run dialog. - Click the
OK button or hitEnter key. - This will slide-in the shutdown menu.
Option 2: Execute slide to shutdown from Start
- From your Windows 10 desktop, go to "Start" (
Win key). - Now type the following command "
SlideToShutDown
". - Hit
Enter key to execute the command. - This will slide-in the shutdown menu.
Option 3: Execute slide to shutdown from shortcut
- On your Windows 10 desktop, right-click on any blank space.
- From the context menu, go to
New |Shortcut . - In the
Create Shortcut dialog, enter "SlideToShutDown
" in the location box. - Click the
Next , provide a new name to the shortcut and clickFinish . - This will create the shortcut on the desktop.
- Double-click on the shortcut to launch the slide to shutdown flyout.

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