Start | Shutdown Button.

When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
"Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
get other options.

Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
--

John

Select Restart

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Peter

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"John Morrison" <> wrote in message
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> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
> get other options.
>
> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
> --
>
> John

Click the little arrowhead to the right of "Shutdown" for all options.
Dave

"John Morrison" <> wrote in message
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> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
> get other options.
>
> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
> --
>
> John

John Morrison <> wrote:

>When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
>"Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
>get other options.
>
>Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
>down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?


Right click on the Start button, and click Properties. Click the
Start Menu tab, if it's not already selected. There's a drop-down
selector labeled "Power button action:", which lets you choose Restart
instead of Shut down (or whatever one prefers).

--
Joel Crump

"John Morrison" <> wrote in message
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> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
> get other options.
>
> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
> --
>
> John

Power options in control panel. Chose what the power buttons do. Then set it
to restart in the dropdown list

"Trev" < invalid> wrote in message
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>
> "John Morrison" <> wrote in message
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>> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
>> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
>> get other options.
>>
>> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
>> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
>> --
>>
>> John
>
> Power options in control panel. Chose what the power buttons do. Then set
> it to restart in the dropdown list

I don't think the OP was talking about the physical "power" button on the
front of the computer. He was talking about the Windows button displayed on
the screen when the Start button is pressed. By default this button says
"Shutdown". He wanted it instead to default to "Reestart". Would that
behaviour be affected by the same Control Panel setting which governs what
the Power buttonon the front panel does.

It's a shame the Vista and Windows 7 haven't kept the XP method of
displaying all the options simultaneously (Hibernate/Sleep, Turn Off,
Restart), rather that displayign them as a drop-down list.

Mind you, anything is better than the way that Win 95/98 did it, with radio
buttons which remembered their last state, and the button to accept the
chosen radio button option. I used to get frantic calls from customers to
say that when they tried to turn off their PC, it started up again. It was
almost always that the radio button was set to "restart" instead of
"shutdown", and they'd pressed the "Continue" button without checking the
state of the radio button.

"Mortimer" <> wrote in message
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> "Trev" < invalid> wrote in message
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>>
>> "John Morrison" <> wrote in message
>> news:4b93385c$0$1511$...
>>> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
>>> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
>>> get other options.
>>>
>>> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
>>> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
>>> --
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> Power options in control panel. Chose what the power buttons do. Then set
>> it to restart in the dropdown list
>
> I don't think the OP was talking about the physical "power" button on the
> front of the computer. He was talking about the Windows button displayed
> on the screen when the Start button is pressed. By default this button
> says "Shutdown". He wanted it instead to default to "Reestart". Would that
> behaviour be affected by the same Control Panel setting which governs what
> the Power buttonon the front panel does.
>

Yes I got it wrong In Which case its.
Task bar and start menu Properties, Start menu Tab. When you get there its
obvious what to do.

On 3/7/2010 1:39 AM, Joel wrote:
> John Morrison<> wrote:
>
>> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
>> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
>> get other options.
>>
>> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
>> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
>
>
> Right click on the Start button, and click Properties. Click the
> Start Menu tab, if it's not already selected. There's a drop-down
> selector labeled "Power button action:", which lets you choose Restart
> instead of Shut down (or whatever one prefers).
>
I believe that is not what the OP asked. Those properties options are -
unless I misunderstand - for the PC's "power button", not for what
appears in the Start menu under "Shutdown" as the default action before
one looks at the sub-menu that gives you all the shutdown options. If
you click on that Start/Shutdown (not the sub-menus choices) you get a
complete shutdown.

I believe the OP is asking if there is a way to make the default option
become "Restart" instead of full shutdown for the Start\Shutdown button.
I asked the same question some time ago and never got a satisfactory
answer. I suspect it may not be possible in W 7. I finally gave up and
now use the sub-menu even though what I do 99% of the time is "Restart",
not a full shutdown. Forces me to make one extra mouse click or hover
every time I want to restart the laptop.

On 3/7/2010 8:26 AM, Mortimer wrote:
> "Trev" < invalid> wrote in message
> news:...
>>
>> "John Morrison" <> wrote in message
>> news:4b93385c$0$1511$...
>>> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
>>> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
>>> get other options.
>>>
>>> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
>>> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
>>> --
>>>
>>> John
>>
>> Power options in control panel. Chose what the power buttons do. Then
>> set it to restart in the dropdown list
>
> I don't think the OP was talking about the physical "power" button on
> the front of the computer. He was talking about the Windows button
> displayed on the screen when the Start button is pressed. By default
> this button says "Shutdown". He wanted it instead to default to
> "Reestart". Would that behaviour be affected by the same Control Panel
> setting which governs what the Power buttonon the front panel does.
>
> It's a shame the Vista and Windows 7 haven't kept the XP method of
> displaying all the options simultaneously (Hibernate/Sleep, Turn Off,
> Restart), rather that displayign them as a drop-down list.
>
> Mind you, anything is better than the way that Win 95/98 did it, with
> radio buttons which remembered their last state, and the button to
> accept the chosen radio button option. I used to get frantic calls from
> customers to say that when they tried to turn off their PC, it started
> up again. It was almost always that the radio button was set to
> "restart" instead of "shutdown", and they'd pressed the "Continue"
> button without checking the state of the radio button.

Perfectly expressed. I beleive that is what the OP asked and what I too
asked some time ago and never got a useful answer to. The best I got
was the use of a desktop gadget or shortcut to restart, which is not the
same thing.

On 3/7/2010 8:41 AM, Trev wrote:
>
> "Mortimer" <> wrote in message
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>> "Trev" < invalid> wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "John Morrison" <> wrote in message
>>> news:4b93385c$0$1511$...
>>>> When I'm installing programs and need to restart Windows 7, I click
>>>> "Start" then "Shut down" is displayed and I have to click the arrow to
>>>> get other options.
>>>>
>>>> Is there anyway that I can change the options displayed under the "Shut
>>>> down" button so that "Restart" is shown instead of "Shut down"?
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>
>>> Power options in control panel. Chose what the power buttons do. Then
>>> set it to restart in the dropdown list
>>
>> I don't think the OP was talking about the physical "power" button on
>> the front of the computer. He was talking about the Windows button
>> displayed on the screen when the Start button is pressed. By default
>> this button says "Shutdown". He wanted it instead to default to
>> "Reestart". Would that behaviour be affected by the same Control Panel
>> setting which governs what the Power buttonon the front panel does.
>>
>
> Yes I got it wrong In Which case its.
> Task bar and start menu Properties, Start menu Tab. When you get there
> its obvious what to do.
>
>
>
Went there. Still not obvious what to do to change the default action
of the Start/Shutdown default action.

What the OP asks for is
>> He was talking about the Windows button
>> displayed on the screen when the Start button is pressed. By default
>> this button says "Shutdown".
****He wanted it instead to default to "Restart"**

Jeff