# Windows XP Handy Shortcuts

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-handy-shortcuts/27423>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [August 2, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-handy-shortcuts/27423 "2003-08-02T07:30:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Voetsjoeba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ac91a4/32.png) [@Voetsjoeba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Voetsjoeba)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-handy-shortcuts/27423/1 "2003-08-02T07:30:55Z")

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Hi,

I have some very handy shortcuts on my desktop, Log Off, Shut Down and Switch User. Then, I added a key shortcut to it, so all I would have to do is press CTRL+F7 at any time to have Windows immediately log me off. If you don’t like to use buttons, you can also place it in the QuickStart bar. One click and windows immediately starts logging you off.

This is very handy, because, if you need to go away really fast, and you have a lot of applications open, all you have to do is press the button or click the link to close 'em all and log off. Just press the button or click the link and you can leave. And then, add the log-off icon to it to make it complete =)

If any of you guys are interested, here are the shortcut lines:

Shut Down: **%windir%\System32 sshutdn.exe 0 /delay 0 /powerdown**  
Log Off: **C:\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe -l**  
Switch User: **%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation**

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-handy-shortcuts/27423/2 "2003-08-02T07:55:53Z")

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cool, thanks 😃

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-handy-shortcuts/27423/3 "2003-08-02T14:01:12Z")

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Lazy 😛

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/windows-xp-handy-shortcuts/27423/4 "2003-08-02T15:04:58Z")

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Clicking the mouse is _so_ exhausting 😛