Windows 10: Desktop shortcut that when clicked, plays 6 sec. sound, then shutsdown

Hi! (I'm using Windows 10 Pro) This is my first post on the forum and any help you all could give me would be much appreciated. I had come across this forum when I was looking for a way for my computer to play a sound and shutdown. I found this very good tutorial by Brink here: Play Sound at Shutdown in Windows 10 I tried this tutorial, and have found that it does work, but only for very short sounds as Windows 10 shuts down so fast now. It was hinted in the replies of the post that there is an ability to make a file that, when clicked, uses Powershell to play a sound, then shutdown the PC. I unfortunately have close to no experience working with Powershell, so if any of you could help me create something that does this, it'd be appreciated: A desktop icon, that when clicked, plays a 6 second long audio .wav file in it's entirety, then proceeds to shutdown the computer. Thank you so much! Andrew

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Desktop Shortcut Icons

Hi Mik-Dav,

The desktop shortcut created for a specific website should bear the website's actual logo. With what you've experienced, there could be something wrong with how the shortcut was created.

If you've created the shortcut by selecting Create shortcut, then we suggest that you try the other way, that is by dragging the website icon that appears in the address bar to your desktop. Follow these steps:

• Using Internet Explorer, access a website.
• Once the website opens, you will see its icon in the address bar.
• Click and drag the icon on your desktop.

The website shortcut bearing its actual logo should now be saved on your desktop.

Let us know if you need further help.

Regards.

 

How to pin app shortcut to desk top?

Hi,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

I suggest you to follow below steps to change pin the apps on the desktop screen and check if it helps.

Step 1: I suggest you to perform the below steps to add the apps on desktop.

• Click on the “Start button” and locate the App that you want to pin to Desktop.
• Right click on the “App” and click on “More options”.
• Then click on “Open File location” and right click on the app, click on “Send to” option.
• Then select “Desktop (Create shortcut)”.
• Go to “Desktop” and check whether the app is located or not.

Or Step 2: To add shortcuts to the desktop

• Press and hold or right-click the desktop, tap or click New, and then tap or click Shortcut.
• Enter the location of the item or tap or click Browse to find the item in File Explorer.

Hope this information is helpful and do let us know if you need further assistance. We will be glad to assist.

 

Desktop Shortcut Icons

I tried using Edge that comes with the computer and I can see the logo you are talking about. When I try to drag it to the desktop you can see that I have it but as soon as I drop it the window opens rather than putting the shortcut icon on the desktop.