"Restart" from desktop program launcher

[Bill Case]

In Windows98 I used a desktop Icon program launcher with the command line
"C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 2" to restart
my computer. (I used it when I specifically wanted to reboot into another
operating system -- no big deal, but it kept me straight on what I was doing
next)

How do I set up the same thing for WindowsXP?

Up to now I have never learned windows command lines. I am familiar with DOS
and Linux. I would appreciate just the briefest pointer to where the
appropriate command comes from and where I might begin to learn how to use
them.

Bill

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Bill,

Open up the command prompt (Start >> Run CMD) and type shutdown and press enter. All the available
command line options for the shutdown command would be displayed.

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"Bill Case" > wrote in message ...
> In Windows98 I used a desktop Icon program launcher with the command line
> "C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,SHExitWindowsEx 2" to restart
> my computer. (I used it when I specifically wanted to reboot into another
> operating system -- no big deal, but it kept me straight on what I was doing
> next)
>
> How do I set up the same thing for WindowsXP?
>
> Up to now I have never learned windows command lines. I am familiar with DOS
> and Linux. I would appreciate just the briefest pointer to where the
> appropriate command comes from and where I might begin to learn how to use
> them.
>
> Bill
>
>