Quickly hibernate Windows 7 PC from a custom shortcut icon

Though its a simple trick.. its quite useful ..when you do want to have fast move..!

Hibernate mode is a power saving option that lets you restore the last state of your running programs and applications. So today I’ll show you how to make a shortcut desktop icon for accessing and using the hibernate option for you Windows 7 PC in just one click.

# Right-click anywhere on your desktop and select New->Shortcut. Then type-in following in the box “Type the location of the item”

C:WindowsSystem32rundll32.exe powrprof.dll, SetSuspendState 0,1,0

Click “OK” to proceed.

# Type-in the name for this shortcut, for example here it will be “Hibernate”.

# You can customize the shortcut icon by right-clicking on it, choosing “Properties” and then clicking on “Change Icon”.

# Copy and paste the following in the field “Look for icons in the file”.

%SystemRoot%system32SHELL32.dll

# This will prop-up a window having the list of various icons that you can choose for the hibernate shortcut.

# You can put this icon in start menu items or the Taskbar for easy access.

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I'm Balaji Wishvam, an engineering student in Tamilnadu, India. I'm but interested in arts and animation a lot.I’m more interested in PHOTOGRAPHY a lot… I’ve shifting thoughts and got some interest in Technology too particularly in innovative gadgets, robotics, quantum physics, etc.

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