Create A Hotkey (Keyboard Shortcut) To Hibernate Windows 7
Posted September 24, 2009 – 7:45 pm in: Windows 7 GuidesWindows 7 incorporated many small features that help you to finish work quickly. If you Hibernate your Windows 7 machine often then Shutdown, using a hotkey to Hibernate your machine saves your time.
If you are not aware of Hibernation feature, you can follow our how to enable Hibernate feature in Windows 7 guide. As this is not a new keyboard shortcut in Windows 7, you should be able to use this hotkey in Vista as well.
Follow the steps given below to create a hotkey to Hibernate:
1. Right-click on the Windows 7 desktop, select New and then Shortcut.
2. In the dialog box, enter shutdown /h and click Next button.
3. Enter a name for the shortcut (ex: hibernate hotkey) and click on the Finish button to see a new shortcut on the desktop.
4. You can now double-click on the newly created shortcut icon on the desktop to hibernate your machine. But as we need a keyboard shortcut, we need to follow the next two steps.
5. Right-click on the shortcut icon and select Properties.
6. Under Shortcut tab, select Shortcut key field, press a combination of keys and click Apply button to assign a keyboard shortcut.
7. You are done. Your new keyboard shortcut to hibernate Windows 7 machine is ready.
Finally, if you don’t like to see the shortcut icon on the desktop, right-click on the shortcut and select Properties. Under General tab, check the box named Hidden to make the icon disappear from desktop.
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7 Comments
You are the bomb. Worked great!!
thanks so much. I even have special software for my Microsoft Sidewinder X6 keyboard but there is still no option for setting a hibernate key, even with their extensive custom key list!
I wish it would let me use a macro key for the shortcut key but it does not react when I press any of them. Oh well, CTRL+ALT+` will have to do.
I just press ALT + F4 and use the arrow keys to select hibernate and press enter. I’d rather do that than have an ugly shortcut on my desktop. I like using shortcuts for everything else though.
how do you set it to a count down timer because i can do it with a shutdown shortcut but it never works with this one
sorry for the strange time i live in austrailia so it’s realy 8:30am
thanks man!!!
it works…
Thanks for taking the time to tell us this. When I tried it however, it would hibernate, and then automaatically start back up again. Know why this may be happening, anyone?