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.

How to speed up your Windows 7 workflows

7Plus is an open source project that aims at boosting the already existent smooth functionality of Windows 7. For example let’s say that it adds features like pasting text/image from clipborad as a file, navigating to your favorite folders with Numpad keys, upload files to an FTP server directly from explorer, etc. take a jump for the illustration of some of the features that enhance your Windows 7 experience using the 7 Plus application program.

# Store favorite folders and recall them for very fast navigation

# Create new folders and textfiles by pressing F8/F7

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# Set windows to be “Always on top” by right clicking the title bar 

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# Paste previous clipboard text entries by pressing WIN+V 

Get your 7 Plus copy for Windows 7 and speed up your workflows for better time saving and a richer Windows 7 experience, click here for download options.