Quick restart in WinMe

rstokc · Post by **rstokc** » Wed Jul 04, 2001 5:35 pm

Is there anyway to quickly restart in WinMe. I've tried holding down shift when clicking restart on the shutdown menu, but it still reboots completely. Win98 used to jump out and right back in which was great when updating a driver or something. Anyone?

madthumbs · Post by **madthumbs** » Tue Jul 10, 2001 12:08 am

Not possible... something to do with the reason why we can't boot into dos anymore either.

Zyph · Post by **Zyph** » Tue Jul 10, 2001 1:11 am

Actually there IS a way. Just like there is a way to do a 'quick shutdown' (Which I use all the time in WinMe).

It actually uses a file leftover from Win98, but since WinMe kept it, you can still use the trick. (And it has nothing to do with DOS.) Oh and I haven't been able to try it either in Win2k, so I can't guarantee the results there.

I actually got the suggestion in an e-mail and I kept it, here you go:

Quick Re-start

First, right-click the desktop, click New, and then click Shortcut. Click the Browse button, navigate to

C:\Windows\Rundll.exe

and then click Open. Add one space to the resulting command line, and then type

user.exe,ExitWindowsExec

Click Next, and then give your shortcut a name (Restart should work). Now click Finish. Whenever you double-click your Restart icon, Windows will restart without your having to go to the Start menu.

Quick Shutdown

Once again, right-click on your desktop and choose New, Shortcut. In the command line, enter

rundll.exe user.exe,exitwindows

and then click Next. Choose a name for the shortcut in the next box (probably something like Shut Down) and then click Finish. You can now double-click this icon to shut down your computer, without going to the Start menu.

ketchup · Post by **ketchup** » Wed Jul 11, 2001 2:41 pm

nice tip, thanks

ketchup