How to activate the "slide shutdown" function of Windows 8.1

  
The shutdown button of Windows 8 is relatively hidden, and many new users feel inconvenient. In fact, Windows 8.1 supports a faster "slide shutdown" function. The user does not need to take a few more steps to go to the Charm bar and click on the new "Start" to shut down smoothly.
Windows 8.1 has a built-in software called "Slidetoshutdown.exe". The user simply drags the lock screen down (active dragging with the mouse) to perform a shutdown operation —— similar to the operation on Windows Phone.
Method 1: Although the sliding shutdown option is not activated by default, you can simply "call" " to create a shortcut. Users can refer to the following operations:

Run the program
1, enter “run"(WinKey+R);
2, input“slidetoshutdown.exe”;
3, click “OK”;
4, the shutdown screen appears, drag down, you can close Windows.

Sliding Shutdown
Method 2: If you don't want to type every time, you can also create a shortcut for Slidetoshutdown.exe. Slidetoshutdown.exe is located in the System32 folder. After finding the program, right click and Create “shortcuts”

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