The old turn-of-on-on-on-on-on-on-eben edge has helped to successfully troubleshoot computers over the years, but there are more than one way to restart your hardware and software-including less known options on Windows that can be well new for you.
After spending several years of writing about Tech, it is not often that I do nothing that I already knew. So when i filled This old betanews article Regarding an emergency restart facility in Windows, I was surprised.
It showed a screen and a keystroke combination that I had really never heard before. A little more excavation revealed that it has been in the windows For decadesIt is also strange that I never came across it.
The official information of this emergency restart in windows seems thin on the ground, or perhaps lost over time. Essentially, however, it repeats what a long press on your PC’s power button: a quick, no-tendency-back reboot of your computer, with minimal fuss.
Bloomous On reddit Have seen this feature first, and there seems to be there A lot of people On the boards that did not come on it until their attention was drew to him. If you excavate in those threads, you will find some technical information about what is really happening behind the curtain, and various calls that are making facilities.
This is worth emphasizing that this is a very final resort option, because in fact this feature will tell you. You are not getting a chance to save anything you are working on, as if you force the reboot by pressing and holding the power button.
How to access emergency restart options
Use at your risk.
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If all is well with your Windows computer, you can definitely click on the Start menu button on the taskbar, then the power button on the right, and then restartBut what if your computer has crashed and left you hanging, you cannot click anything? What if the situation is so bad that the start menu has mysteriously disappeared?
To get an emergency restart option, you need to suppress the acquaintance Ctrl+alt+del The keyboard shortcut, which is very much known by everyone, had to fix a Windows PC at any point. This shortcut is designed to work, even if your computer is otherwise unanswered, and provides you access to options to lock your PC, sign from your account and bring task manager.
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Below in the lower right corner, there is also a power button: click it and you get the standard Sleep, shut downAnd restart Option. However, if you hold down CTRL And then click on the power button, which takes you to the emergency restart page, with warnings about losing any unheard data. Click OkAnd your computer will reboot almost immediately.
If you can go to the screen after Ctrl+alt+delSo you would like to try the first general restart option – you will only need to go under holding. CTRL If he does not work then the path. Probably, this will be because there is a part of a program or Windows code that is not properly closed to clean the manner of restart.
Do you need another way to restart your computer without using the Start menu, you can also do it with command prompt or powerrashel utility: Just type “Shutdown /R” and hit it enterThere are a host of additional flags that you can add to the command if necessary, including setting the timer for the restart and forcing them to close: you can Read full instructions here,
Now familiarizing myself with the emergency restarted option in Windows, I am ready to find more features that I have not come – even if they have been for years. Any suggestion is the most welcome.
