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: