This “trick” is for Windows 10 and Windows 11.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Here’s a Windows trick that not many people know. If you want to expand or boost your Windows knowledge or impress your friends with your Windows acumen, you’ll love this easy Windows trick.<\/span><\/p>\n If you want a hidden, “stylized” way to turn off your PC that looks like a mobile interface, regardless of whether you’re using a laptop, desktop, or all-in-one, Windows has a hidden executable file that can make that happen. And it’s so easy to do.<\/span><\/p>\n Right-click your desktop and select New > Shortcut.<\/span><\/p>\n Type the following (exactly): slidetoshutdown.exe<\/span><\/p>\n In the “Name the shortcut” type Slide to Shutdown (or whatever you want)<\/span><\/p>\n Click Next and Finish.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, double-click the Slide to Shutown (or whatever you name it) icon. A “shade” will drop halfway down your screen. You can slide it down with your mouse to shut down your PC.<\/span><\/p>\n Yep! We know it’s completely useless in terms of productivity. <\/span>It’s a file that has been hidden in the System32 folder for a decade that 99% of people have never seen or even heard of. Plus, if you use it, you have another Windows shutdown option.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The “Slide to Shut Down” Trick This “trick” is for Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here’s a Windows trick that not many people know. If you want to expand or boost your Windows knowledge or impress your friends with your Windows acumen, you’ll love this easy Windows trick. If you want a hidden, “stylized” way to turn\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3948,4299,1961],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31413"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31413\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31414,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31413\/revisions\/31414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"The](\"https:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2026\/slide.png\")
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