XP: Creating Desktop Shortcuts for Restart and System Restore

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon August 29, 2006  
Tag Icon Tagged: Windows networking

You can easily add shortcuts to your XP desktop for Restart and System Restore by following these simple steps.


Restart button

To create shortcut: right-click on desktop, select New > Shortcut.

For location, type the following: shutdown -r -t 0

Click Next, name the shortcut “Restart”.

Click Finish.

System Restore button

To create shortcut: right-click on desktop, select New > Shortcut.

For location, type the following: %System%\System32\restore\rstrui.exe

Click Next, name the shortcut “System Restore”.

Click Finish.

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  • bored
    i can't seem to do it
  • meenu
    my laptop has no dispaly then how can i chage the shortcut but i want to restore my laptop tell me do u know any shortcut for restoring the same
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