Create a shortcut to open Shut Down Dialog Box (Alt+F4)

In this article, I’ll you the simple way to bring the shutdown prompt instantaneously, by creating a shortcut to open Windows Shut down Dialog Box – and optionally ‘pinning‘  it to the system tray.

  1. Open Notepad and type the following string:

  2. Save this file with any name you like but provide it the .js format as mandatory for example Shutdown.js and pick All files as save as type. Save it to any location but create its shortcut to Desktop.

  3. Right-click on the taskbar and move to Toolbars -> New toolbar.

  4. In the New Toolbar – Choose a folder window, input the following location for Folder:

Then click on Select Folder and Quick Launch will be added to Windows taskbar. 5. Now go to Desktop and drag the shortcut created in step 1 in Quick Launch bar, until Link appears in the pop-up, and then drop it. It will create a shortcut inside the Quick Launch menu.

  1. That’s it. Now the shutdown shortcut is added as a shortcut itself in the Quick Launch menu. At this stage, you can delete the Desktop shortcut used in the previous step. You can rename it simply Shutdown or whatever you like by right-clicking > Rename.

So in case you have to bring power options, just click on Quick Launch bar and pick Shutdown and you’ll get the Alt+F4 menu directly. If you click anywhere on-screen besides this shut-down prompt, it just disappears. TIP: See this post if Alt + F4 not working on Windows 10.