ShutDown

ShutDown is a lightweight software application developed specifically for helping you shut down or restart the computer using quick actions.

It can be deployed on all Windows flavors out there. ShutDown is also included in Remote Desktop Assistant.

You can keep ShutDown stored on pen drives or other portable devices in order to have it with you all the time. Gaining access to its GUI requires only a double-click on the executable file because you do not have to go through preset steps embedded in an installation process. You may run it without administrative privileges.

It does not write entries to your Windows registry and leave other traces behind. It actually stores all configuration settings on the storage device. You can uninstall it via a deletion task. You may run the tool directly from the pen drive on the target system.

ShutDown reveals a minimalistic layout that allows you to set up the dedicated parameters with ease. Although a help manual is not available, you can venture into decoding the program’s functions on your own because they look very easy to work with. You cannot resize the main window of the app and move it to the desired desktop position.

The application integrates only three buttons in the main window which can be used for shutting down or restarting the computer, or closing the program. Tests have shown that ShutDown carries out a task quickly and without errors. It does not eat up a lot of CPU and memory resources so the overall performance of the computer is not hampered.

It does not come packed with advanced features so you cannot schedule an automatic shutdown session at specific time and day of the week, and force the computer to shut down, just to name a few suggestions.

To sum things up, ShutDown comes packed with nothing more than simple options for helping you shut down or restart your PC, and is suitable especially for less experienced users.