JSI Tip 3153. How do I implement a one button Hibernate, Logoff, Restart, Standby, and/or Shutdown?

In tip 2531 » Using SendKeys, I demonstrated a technique of including a registry change and keystrokes in a batch, by inplementing a Hibernate shortcut.

Wayne Dolby, a frequent visitor, pointed out that you can perform a Hibernate by using only the Sendkeys command.

When you press CTRL+ESC, followed by a u, the Shut Down Windows dialog is envoked. If Hibernate is one of the options, pressing an h will select it. Pressing Enter will them start hibernation. If you create Hibernate.vbs containing:

    set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")    
    WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}uh\{ENTER\}"

you can place a shortcut to it on your desktop or Quick Launch Bar.

You can implement Logoff, Restart, Shutdown, and Standby by creating shortcuts to:

	Windows 2000	Windows NT 4.0
Logoff.vbs	set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")         WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}ul\{ENTER\}"	set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")         WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}uc\{ENTER\}"
Restart.vbs	set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")         WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}ur\{ENTER\}"	set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")         WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}ur\{ENTER\}"
Shutdown.vbs	set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")         WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}uls\{ENTER\}"	set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")         WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}us\{ENTER\}"     NOTE: See tips 1190 and 0037.
Standby.vbs	set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")         WshShell.SendKeys "^\{ESC\}ulss\{ENTER\}"