Windows 10: Those Shutdown.exe Codes and what they mean.

It's a long list, and hopefully, you won't need all of them. The ones I've used in making my shortcuts haven't even scratched the surface of this list. And this brings up a very useful point:- You can learn a hell of a lot about what's inside your Windows if you pick an executable file's name, like this one for example, and using Admin privileges, open Windows Powershell ( or Command Prompt) and type in its name, followed by a space and then a forward slash and question mark, like this: Name-of-it(one space here)/? and sometimes, there's pages!

But first things first.... Let's choose our colors for the text and background of the Powershell or Command Prompt window, shall we? The same procedure applies to both. First, choose your Admin privileges to open its window... and then right-click on that cute little icon in its Title Bar, to get a dropdown....

...and then choose the bottom entry on that dropdown, "Properties" and click it

and then choose "Colors" from the tabs along the top of that little window, and pick whichever ones make you giggle, or really grab you. I like the ones shown.

OK, now let's test it.... Open it in Admin mode, and at the cursor, type in as follows: DISM.exe /? and then press Enter....... and you get this:-

You will have to scroll down using the control along the right-hand margin to see all of it, because there's about two of these little windows worth of it.

"And what's it do?" you ask. Just about anything you'd like if you're having any problems with your installed operating system's original image. For example, instead of having to re-install your Windows from a disc or an .iso file, you can open this, and using the right commands, instruct it to do a scan of your System Image, and restore it to its original configuration, and it will do this, and not only do it, but do it faster than you could perform a fresh install and get everything back to normal yourself. This is a dynamite built-in fixer-upper, and you should study its various commands so that you can use them correctly.

This is like "SFC /scannow" but on steroids, with a hotline into the Microsoft Inner Sanctum for the genuine information. And you can't buy one. You have to have Windows legitimately installed if you want it to work for you. And it does!

This is just one example of what you can do if you get familiar with some of the many built-in tools in Windows. When users complain about their Windows, it's often because they haven't a clue what's in here, and how it can be used. So do try to discover what's "under the hood" or "behind the curtain". It's well worth your time. And it's fun, knowing things about Windows that your Aunt Nellie will never understand. Enjoy your day, everyone!