How to Create Shutdown button on Desktop, Taskbar & SmartScreen in Windows 8

To Create a Shutdown button in windows 8 follow the below instructions.

• Go to Windows 8 desktop => Right Click => New => Shortcut. 
• In the location box enter the command.

For shutdown enter the command below or copy paste it from here:

shutdown /s /t 0

Just in case if you want a restart button use the command below:

shutdown /r /t 0

• Give your shortcut a name and click Finish. A shortcut will be placed on the desktop, but will have no icon, so we need to select an icon for the shortcut.
• Right Click the shortcut, select properties, click change icon. An alert message will appear which is normal, click ok on that.

• Now choose any icon from the library and click ok. Your Windows 8 shutdown shortcut button is ready.

• Before you use the shutdown button make sure you have saved all your work, since it will not prompt you with any dialog box and shutdown windows 8 immediately

Adding the Shutdown button to Windows 8 Startscreen & Taskbar

You can also add the windows shutdown shortcut to taskbar and the startscreen ui. Simply right click the shutdown shortcut and select “Pin to Start” for adding it to windows 8 startscreen & “Pin to Taskbar” for adding the shortcut to taskbar.

After adding the windows 8 shutdown button to both areas you may delete the desktop icon.