HI, I have a icon on my desktop that shutsdown the computer quickly, how would I make a Icon to go on stand by quickly? ::this is the path in my shutdown icon,C:\WINDOWS\RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1

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Response Number 1
Name: john
Date: May 16, 2001 at 20:47:39 Pacific
Subject: How do I make a standby Icon

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Create a new file in notepad called Standby.bat, copy the command line:
RUNDLL32.EXE shell32,SHExitWindowsEx 1

into it and save it in the root directory.
Create a desktop shortcut to that file and then change the ICon in properties to one you want then drag the icon onto the taskbar so it is eaisly accesible.

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Response Number 2
Name: john
Date: May 16, 2001 at 21:11:04 Pacific
Subject: How do I make a standby Icon

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Also see this page:
http://computing.net/howto/simple/shuticon/

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Response Number 3
Name: John
Date: May 17, 2001 at 08:20:24 Pacific
Subject: How do I make a standby Icon

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NO that does not work when I try it on My Windows 98 machine a dos window comes up and shows what was in the standby.bat and then my computer shuts down, I don't want my computer to shutdown, I want it to go on standby. any sugestions?

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Standby Missing From Windows Shutdown Dialog Box .
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q188/1/34.ASP?LN=EN-US&SD=gn&FR=0&qry=standby&rnk=18&src=DHCS_MSPSS_gn_SRCH&SPR=WINME

Hello, John. If you don't mind, allow me to make a couple of requests first.

I abhor personally the Standby mode. Could you give me or the forum some of your personal insightful observations how you overcome all the problems related to Standby mode and the wakeup from it? What are the attractive features surrounding Standby?

I may then be able to propose you a shortcut to achieve that.

Ok ,,,,,, well standby saves energy and if you live in california(I don't) you need all the energy you can get HAHAHA, ALSO standby can give you quicker start times lets say your leader, at your place of work says "lunch" well put the computer on standby so you save pennies, and when you come back from lunch wala move the mouse **its magic** comes on and dosn't have to take 4 minutes to boot up!

So, John - ya trying to tell us you're tired of replying to these messages? Or, your just proud of em?

Like tsuji - I don't care much for standby. I care even less for the boss.

If I was asked to power down to save a few pennies, I'd show em where the Moon don't shine - and take my skills elsewhere.

In my own humble opinion of course..

Hello John and Ellis. Just teasing a bit, John. Don't take it seriously.

Thanks for the effort. I use power management as everybody else. On a standalone, there is not much problem. Only find not enough time to catch up APM/ACPI stuff!!!

So, return to business.

[1] Create a new file, first name it Suspend.txt.

[2] Edit the Suspend.txt with the lines:

set Win=CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Win.Suspend

[3] Rename the text file to Suspend.vbs

[4] Create a .bat file say Suspend.bat

[5] Edit Suspend.bat with the lines :

cscript [drive:][path]suspend.vbs

[6] The rest you know how to do to make a shutcut from it and paste it on desktop etc.

Actually - I really don't use power management. (and I never turn em off either.... go figure)