Add Enhanced Shutdown Button to the Windows XP Start Menu

Important: It’s suggested that you backup your registry or create a System Restore point before applying any registry hack.

Add Enhanced Shutdown button with more options

Visit our page, download the file shutdown.zip and unzip the contents to a folder of your choice. Move the file NirCmd.exe to the Windows\System32 folder.

Double-click the fileAdd Shutdown.reg to merge the contents. Similarly, merge the contents of Remove Default Buttons.reg file. Logoff and login back again.

Your Start menu should now look like this.

The above menu options are powered by NirCmd, a freeware tool that we’ve already coveredin this site.

Menu option	Command-Line
Shutdown	NirCmd.exe exitwin poweroff forceifhung
Hibernate	NirCmd.exe hibernate
Lock Computer	NirCmd.exe lockws
Log Off	NirCmd.exe exitwin logoff forceifhung
Monitor Off	NirCmd.exe monitor off
Restart	NirCmd.exe exitwin reboot forceifhung
Stand By	NirCmd.exe standby

Here is a screenshot of the Windows Vista Start menu, which has most of the above options included by default.