Start | Shutdown Button.

On Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:10:31 -0500, "Dave \"Crash\" Dummy"
<> 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"?
>>
>You might try pushing the "Help" button on the shut down popup. In the
>opened help window, expand "To change the Shut down button settings."

I've received an excellent reply which answered my question, but I did
try Windows "Help" & "Google" without finding the answer before
resorting to asking the above question in this newsgroup.
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John

On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 11:48:00 -0500, "SC Tom" <> wrote:

>"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"?
>
>Right-click on the Shutdown button and pick Properties. From the drop-down
>list, pick Restart, then click on Apply. That will be your default action
>now.

Thanks that fixes it.!!
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John

"John Morrison" <> wrote in message
news:4b95e1eb$0$1567$...
> On Sun, 7 Mar 2010 11:48:00 -0500, "SC Tom" <> wrote:
>
>>"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"?
>>
>>Right-click on the Shutdown button and pick Properties. From the drop-down
>>list, pick Restart, then click on Apply. That will be your default action
>>now.
>
> Thanks that fixes it.!!
> --
>
> John

Glad it works for you!
I didn't intentionally duplicate Joel's post- it's just my ISP being hours
behind at times.
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SC Tom