How to Enable Slide to Shut down Feature in Windows 11 or 10

  • To enable slide to shutdown feature on windows 11 or 10 computer -> Right click on desktop and select new and create shortcut and name it as slidetoshutdown dot ext and give a name to it and slidetoshutdown will enable.
  • To shutdown windows using slide to shutdown -> Double click on slidetoshutdown exe and click on slide to shutdown and shutdown your windows computer.

On your windows 11 or 10 if you want you can shutdown your windows computer and enable slide to shutdown feature and shutdown your windows 11 or 10  computer using this slide to shutdown feature. SO, lets see in detail below.

Once you enable slide to shutdown and when ever you click on slide to shutdown then windows will slide and then click on slide to shutdown and it shut downs your windows 11 or 10 computer and this method works on all laptops.

Enable Slide to Shut down Feature in Windows 10

Below methods will help you enable and shutdown slide to shutdown feature on your windows 11 or 10 computer or laptop.

Step 1: Right click on your windows desktop and select New and click on shortcut.

Step 2: In Shortcut name you need to enter slidetoshutdown. Exe

Step 3: Click on Next and click finish.

That’s it, this is how you enable slide to shutdown and click on slidetoshudown dot exe files and your windows will slide from top or side and it shutdown your windows computer.

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Shutdown Computer After Enabling Slide To Shut Down Feature

Once you enable slide to shut down featuer on windows 11 or 10 by creating a shortcut icon (sldetoshutdown) then to shutdown you need to double click and then click on down arrow or slide your windows screen and shutdown your computer.

Using RUN Dialogue Box

Step 1: press windows key + R and bring up run dialogue box on your computer.

Step 2: Now, in run -> Enter -> slidetoshutdown dot ext and hit enter and windows slide to shutdown screen will appear.

Step 3: using mouse slide the arrow and slide to shut down and turn off or shutdown your windows 11 or 10 computer.

How to disable slide to shut down your pc

To disable slide to shutdown all you need to do is delete the slidetoshutdown exe files from your windows desktop and disable slide to shutdown option on your windows 11 or 10 computer.

What does slide to shut down your PC mean?

Slide to Shutdown Means when you enable slide to shutdown option and create a exe file on your desktop slidetoshutdown and when ever your click on this file windows screen will slide from top and you need to click on slide to shutdown down arrow or slide with your mouse and then windows 11 or 10 computer will shutdown.

FAQ

Slide to ShutDown Feature not Working 

Make sure that you create a shortcut using correct name slidetoshutdown dot ext.

How to slide to shut down your pc

Double click on slidetoshutdown exe file and then windows screen will slide and then slide to shutdown your PC.

What does it mean to slide to shut down your PC?

This means that your windows screen will slide when you click on slidetoshutdown ext file and you need to slide to shutting down your computer or PC.

Lakshmi Durga
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Lakshmi Durga is Senior Content Writer and Author and Also a Senior Editorial Team Member at A Savvy Web for More than 5 Years and She writes about technology related subject troubleshooting guides and helps users to solve issues. She has a Degree of Bachelor of Technology (Btech) from Kakatiya University and (Master of Technology) Mtech at Kakatiya University and JNTU university and is a real time Technology expert. She is a Real time Tech Expert and enthusiastic and has an Expertize in this technology area and writes specially on troubleshooting guides, solutions and tips and fixes and how to articles on Tech Related subjects like iPhone, Android, iOS, Smart tv and other tech related information.

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