Change default from "Shut Down" to "Restart" ??

[Char Jackson]

I usually direct the output to a text file for future reference (or
posting): <snip>

Or easier yet, simply copy and paste from the Command Prompt window to
the newsreader window. No need for the intermediate text file.

 

[Bob Henson]

In message <[email protected]>, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
[]
Any way to change the default on the Start menu?

Too many times I Shut Down instead of Restart.
Minor but annoying.
Right click on Shutdown, then choose Properties.
Yes, of course, but that's not what he wanted. He wanted to change
the
*default* you get if you just click.

That IS how you change the default. "Properties" brings up this window:
http://crash.thedatalist.com/temp/Image1.gif

That seems to be setting what hitting the power button does. The OP was
asking about the default on the Start menu, not the power button.
(Apologies if that is somewhere nearby - I don't have a 7 machine to
hand to try.)

No, it really does what the OP asked about. It allows you to set the
default 'shutdown' action to any of the available options. Leave it to
Microsoft to label it "Power button action."

Not trying to defend Microsoft, but what else would you call the power
button in the Start menu? ;-)

Shutdown Button?

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

Or easier yet, simply copy and paste from the Command Prompt window
to the newsreader window. No need for the intermediate text file.

There is nothing intermediate about the text file. I save it for future
reference.

 

[Ken Blake]

Doing as Gene said allows you to set the *default* action to any one of six
choices. 'Restart' is included, as are 'Switch User', 'Log off', 'Lock',
'Sleep', and 'Shut down'. I think that's what the OP wanted.

My apologies--especially to Gene. What you say is absolutely correct.
I never noticed it before.

 

[Ken Blake]

No, it really does what the OP asked about. It allows you to set the
default 'shutdown' action to any of the available options. Leave it to
Microsoft to label it "Power button action."

Sorry, you are right, of course. See my reply to KCB.

 

[Char Jackson]

There is nothing intermediate about the text file. I save it for future
reference.

If it were me, I'd simply recreate the information anytime I needed it
rather than have yet another thing to store somewhere, but we're all
different.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

My apologies--especially to Gene. What you say is absolutely correct.
I never noticed it before.

That's OK. You just happen to sometimes have a learning style not unlike
one of mine

 

[Bob I]

From Windows Help and Support:

Yes. You can change the default setting of both the Shut down button on
the Start menu and the power button on your computer case (or the edge
of your laptop). For more information, see Change what happens when you
press the power button on your computer.

 

[Char Jackson]

Sorry, you are right, of course. See my reply to KCB.

No problemo. Not a big deal.

 

[J. P. Gilliver (John)]

From Windows Help and Support:

Yes. You can change the default setting of both the Shut down button on
the Start menu and the power button on your computer case (or the edge
of your laptop). For more information, see Change what happens when you
press the power button on your computer.

[]
I think you've got the nub of it there: when there is (as there is on
most computers, laptop or otherwise!) a real physical button, then there
is going to be inevitable confusion when talking about on-screen
"buttons". Perhaps they should say "icon" or "symbol" when they're
talking about pretend buttons.
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[R. C. White]

Hi, Brian.

This might be a good place to mention what it took me years to discover -
and then only with a tip here in a newsgroup:

A momentary press on the computer's Power button gets the same results as
clicking the Start orb (or pressing the Windows logo key) and then clicking
Shut down (or just pressing <Enter> at that point).

I knew that pressing the Power button and holding it in for about 5 seconds
is the same as "yanking the plug": an abrupt power-off, that aborts
whatever the computer might be doing and simply kills all power immediately.
But I did not know that a momentary press of the button starts the same
orderly Shut Down sequence as using the keyboard or mouse. I've used the
hardware Power button many times since learning that, with no ill effects.

As others have pointed out, though, this "Power button action" is subject to
change! So be sure that you - or someone - hasn't changed it from the
default without your knowledge (or remembrance). There are several ways to
get to the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" screen. Perhaps the easiest
is to right-click the Orb, choose Properties | Start Menu, then choose from
the drop-down menu for "Power button action". The choices are the same as
for the arrow beside Start | Shut down.

(Many BIOSes also offer settings for what the Power button should do, even
outside the control of Windows or another operating system. Check your
computer or mainboard manual.)

RC
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San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP (2002-2010)
Windows Live Mail 2011 (Build 15.4.3538.0513) in Win7 Ultimate x64 SP1


"BrianCaputo" wrote in message

Any way to change the default on the Start menu?

Too many times I Shut Down instead of Restart.
Minor but annoying.

 

[croy]

From Windows Help and Support:

Yes. You can change the default setting of both the Shut down button on
the Start menu and the power button on your computer case (or the edge
of your laptop). For more information, see Change what happens when you
press the power button on your computer.

Hehe. For those of us who have used a number of previous
versions of Windows, the built-in "help" would be the *last*
place we would spend any time on. We've been conditioned to
ignore it. I'm still hesitant to try to get used to using
the "help" in Windows 7. The built-in help in Microsoft
Access was actually pretty helpful thru version 2 or so. But
in later versions (2000, 2002) they made it much less
usefull. I'm afraid to get a newer version!