Make the Sleep Shortcut in Windows 8

Edited by Lukward Thomason, VisiHow, Eng

Hi! You're watching VisiHow! This is a tutorial on how to make a sleep shortcut on Windows 8 computers. In this video, the "sleep.txt" file is opened by clicking it. The text is copied. To do this, the text is highlighted and right-clicked. Then, "Copy" is clicked. These steps are reproduced in step 1.

Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas25 93053.jpg

Steps

  1. 1
    We copy the text from the line below
    .
    • rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0
      Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas13 799288.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  2. 2
    Now we need to right-click an empty space on the desktop
    .
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas20 274752.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  3. 3
    Then, we move the mouse cursor to "New"
    .
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas20 775568.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  4. 4
    Then, we click "Shortcut"
    .
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas22 646272.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  5. 5
    Now, we need to simply paste the copied text into the text box
    .
    We do it by right-clicking the text box and selecting "Paste".
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas25 435996.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  6. 6
    Then, we click "Next"
    .
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas27 20353.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  7. 7
    We need to call this shortcut
    .
    Let's name it "Sleep". We can call it whatever we want; but in this video, it is "Sleep".
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas31 226297.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  8. 8
    Then, we click "Finish"
    .
    Once this is done, a shortcut will be created.
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas34 47702.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help
  9. 9
    If we double-click the "Sleep" icon, the computer will go to sleep
    .
    Make sleep shortcut on windows 8.mp4-canvas39 2312.jpg
    Was this step helpful? Yes | No| I need help

This concludes our tutorial on how to make a sleep shortcut on Windows 8 computers. Thank you for watching VisiHow! If you have any other comments or questions, please leave them in the comments section below.

Video: Make the Sleep Shortcut in Windows 8

If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.

Comments

Article Info

Categories : Windows

Recent edits by: VisiHow, Lukward Thomason

Share this Article:

Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 180 times.

x

Thank Our Volunteer Authors.

Would you like to give back to the community by fixing a spelling mistake? Yes | No