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
    2012-01-21T18:14:52+00:00

    You have to turn off hibernation first, using the command powercfg -h on (needs Administrator privileges) !

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  2. Anonymous
    2012-03-22T09:24:36+00:00

    Shortcut key to Sleep mode on Windows 7: Fn + Esc (works pretty well)

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  3. Anonymous
    2012-05-04T05:22:18+00:00

    Hey guys. Every "solution" on this forum page has simply made my computer hibernate, so after minimal research I found something that works without making you disable hibernation all together. I thought I would share. The link is here. It requires you to download something and follow some easy, but specific instructions. Also, you have to change your power button to sleep, this is important.

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  4. Anonymous
    2012-05-23T15:16:33+00:00

    I incorrectly noted this as YES as being helpful when in fact I jumped the gun and in fact NO it was not. Like everyone else has posted, it puts it in hibernation or some other sort of quasi shut down mode deeper than sleep. Too bad you didn't try this out before offering it to the public. What really bugs me is that your associate comes back and has the gull to ask the person who stated it puts the machine into hibernation to check to make sure his machine is capable of sleeping. Why not just try the executable out on a Win 7 machine yourself and you'd know it doesn't work instead of asking people to jump through freaking hoops! Come on guys. Due some due diligence.

    Maybe you should lay off the coffee and stop being such a jerk.  I'm pretty sure it DID work on his machine because a) he posted it and he's not an idiot and b) he has turned hibernate off with the powercfg command (I'll let you look through the posts to find that one).  A bit of advice, you'll get a lot further in IT if you'll stop trying to instruct people who have much more experience and capabilities than you.

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