Shortcut to make system Hibernate

[pritska]

Hi,

Using the "shutdown -s" command, i can create a shortcut with icon to click that will shut down the computer. I can also do a restart, adn lock computer shortcut.

Is there a way to do the same for hibernating the computer?
Or a 3rd party applet that will enable this?

Thanks.

 

[bcastner]

You cannot do this natively. There are many excellent freeware command line utilties you could use:

Karenware Showstopper:

http://www.karenware.com/newsletters/2003/2003-01-28.asp

Beyond Logic Shutdown:

http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/shutdown/shutdown.htm

PowerOff:

http://users.pandora.be/jbosman/poweroff/poweroff.htm

Slawdog LX:

http://www.slawdog.com/products/smartsd_lx/index.aspx

 

[pritska]

Super, thanks very much!

 

[eyec]

warning! some machines do not play nice with hibernate!
have had more than my share of dell & compaq laptops that did not like to return from hibernate.

 

[linney]

What does this command do? I see it mentioned in some links.

rundll32 Powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...afd0d872e1f?lnk=st&q=&rnum=6#d67d1afd0d872e1f

I did try it on a Vista machine, it powered down and when I rebooted it said it was "Resuming Windows..."

If it works for you, just stick the command line in the "Target" of a Shortcut.

 

[pritska]

linney, that shortcut is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thank you very much!