{"id":150557,"date":"2026-01-22T00:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T05:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/?p=150557"},"modified":"2026-01-22T03:03:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T08:03:41","slug":"2-little-known-windows-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/2-little-known-windows-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Little Known Windows Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"daves-1309320048\" class=\"daves-single-post-before-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div><p>Here are a couple of Windows tricks that I pretty much guarantee you don&#8217;t know about.<\/p>\n<h2>Slide To Shutdown<\/h2>\n<p>This trick creates a one-click option to quickly shut down the PC, and it&#8217;s achieved via an obscure file that&#8217;s been tucked away in the System32 folder for many years:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Right-click the desktop and select <strong>New<\/strong> &gt; <strong>Shortcut<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Type in\u00a0 <strong>slidetoshutdown.exe<\/strong> and click <strong>Next<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown-Shortcut.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150559\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown-Shortcut.png\" alt=\"slide-to-shutdown-shortcut\" width=\"620\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown-Shortcut.png 620w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown-Shortcut-350x260.png 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown-Shortcut-150x111.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name the shortcut something appropriate, such as &#8220;Slide to Shutdown&#8221; or just &#8220;Shutdown&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Next<\/strong> and then <strong>Finish<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now, when you double-click the new shortcut, a &#8220;shade&#8221; will drop halfway down the screen. Slide the shade down with the mouse to shut down the PC.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150562\" src=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown.jpg\" alt=\"slide-to-shutdown\" width=\"600\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown.jpg 600w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown-350x291.jpg 350w, https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Slide-To-Shutdown-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I realize that, in terms of productivity, this trick isn&#8217;t all that helpful, but it is something that, when family and\/or friends see it, will almost certainly increase your PC cred. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><div id=\"daves-1931332629\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Frozen Desktop Fix<\/h2>\n<p>This is one of those tricks that isn&#8217;t guaranteed to work but is worth a try before proceeding to a more drastic solution:<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all experienced a situation where everything appears to be frozen, and the mouse cursor won&#8217;t move. Next time this happens, try hitting the keyboard combination: <strong>Windows key<\/strong> + <strong>CTRL<\/strong>+ <strong>SHIFT<\/strong>+ <strong>B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This will restart the graphics driver and potentially return the system to an active state, without needing to perform a hard shutdown. You&#8217;ll hear a short beep, the screen will flicker momentarily, and then hopefully, you&#8217;ll be able to start working again with a responsive system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p><div id=\"daves-277603403\" class=\"daves-single-post-in-content-2\" style=\"margin-bottom: 25px;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"2700504761\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"daves-944995579\" class=\"daves-after-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7205184075006101\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7205184075006101\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3225321574\" \ndata-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\" data-full-width-responsive=\"false\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are a couple of Windows tricks that I pretty much guarantee you don&#8217;t know about. Slide To Shutdown This trick creates a one-click option to quickly shut down the PC, and it&#8217;s achieved via an obscure file that&#8217;s been tucked away in the System32 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,4293,10797],"tags":[156,5532],"class_list":["post-150557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how","category-win10","category-win11","tag-tips","tag-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150571,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150557\/revisions\/150571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davescomputertips.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}