Is there any way to make a desktop shortcut for the sleep command?

Anonymous
2009-01-10T03:57:52+00:00

Desktop shortcut for the sleep command?

Is there any way to make a desktop shortcut for the sleep command? I can't find the actual location that the sleep button on the start menu points to. It has to point somewhere! Please, if anyone knows how i can create this shortcut, help!!! Thanks a bunch!

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Anonymous
2009-01-10T12:18:27+00:00

Tar-ter,

To create a shortcut that will execute the sleep command in Vista:

  • Right Click in the desired location (On the Desktop or in a folder)
  • Select New -> Shortcut
  • In the “Type the location of the item” field enter the following
  • Rundll32.exe Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState Sleep
  • Click Next
  • This will create a shortcut with the name rundll32,
  • Right Click the shortcut, select Rename and type in Sleep

**** You can now open this shortcut whenever you desire to put your computer into sleep mode.

Note: You can replace the default icon with a Shutdown one by:

  • Right Click the created shortcut, select Properties -> Change Icon
  • Navigate to this link in the **“**Look for icons in this file:” field:
  • %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll icons
  • Find the desired icon.
  • Click Ok.

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  1. Anonymous
    2009-10-31T16:26:48+00:00

    I created a shortcut in Windows 7 as described in the post from Rami.  Unfortunately, my PC appears to go into hibernate rather than sleep.  I can get the computer to sleep when I access the sleep option from the start menu. So I know the computer is capble of going to sleep. 

    When I ran the powercfg -a command, the respnse was: 

    The follwing sleep states are available on this system: Standby <S3> Hibernate Hybrid Sleep 

    The following sleep tates are not available on this system:

     Standby <S1>

          The system firmware does not support this standby state.

    Standby <S2>

         the system firmware does not support this standby state.

    When I checked my power options, hybrid sleep is on.

    Is there some other command syntax I need to use to make the shortcut work?

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  2. Anonymous
    2010-02-13T15:08:27+00:00

    Would love to see an answer here, but it's been a long time...

    I am having exactly the same issue: my PC (Win7) supports "pure" sleep via the Start/Shutdown UI route, but only Hybrid Sleep is available otherwise.

    Jim

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  3. Anonymous
    2010-02-14T09:27:36+00:00

    Hi,

    Same here. But, I could swear at some point I got that working, but cannot go back to that...

    Daniel

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  4. Anonymous
    2010-02-14T10:08:04+00:00

    There we go, I found a workaround:

    1. change the default start menu button to sleep

    http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/change-the-windows-vista-power-buttons-to-shut-down/

    1. Use a vb script to click it for you

    http://www.computing.net/answers/windows-7/vbs-script-to-put-computer-to-sleep/373.html

    Regards,

    Daniel

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