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Create A Hotkey (Keyboard Shortcut) To Hibernate Windows 7

Posted September 24, 2009 – 7:45 pm in: Windows 7 Tweaks

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Windows 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.