Abort+Shutdown+Restart+in+XP

Abort Shutdown Restart in XP

We have all done it at least once:

Click to shut down or restart the computer and then suddenly realize you are going to lose some data if you do that. Or a program installs and starts to automatically reboot and you want to yell, " Stop!"

There is a way to create a shortcut you can use to quickly abort the shutdown command when this happens. Here is how:- 1. Right click an empty spot on the desktop. 2. Select New > Shortcut. 3. In the Create Shortcut Wizard, in the field under "Type the location of the item," enter: shutdown.exe -a Note the space and the minus a 4. Click Next. 5. In the "Select Title" field, give the shortcut a name (such as "Abort"). 6. Click Finish.

Now when the computer starts to shut down, just click the shortcut.  