Create Shutdown, Restart, Logoff Tiles For Windows 8

There are a couple of ways to create these tiles but I thought y’all might enjoy this.



I found a script over at the TechNet Script Center:

Create a Shutdown/Restart/Logoff Windows 8 Tile for the Start menu (PowerShell)

This is a good introduction to running PowerShell scripts on Windows 8. Here are the steps I took:

1 – Download the script from the page above, unzip it, read Documentation.htm.

2 – Open PowerShell as Admin. I just right-click the Powershell icon in All Apps view and choose Run as Admin.

3 – Running PowerShell scripts is disabled by default. We need to temporarily enable it. Type (or copy / paste):

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

press Enter

4 – Start module, type (where E: = location of file)

Import-Module E:\CreateWindowsTile.psm1

press Enter

5 – Type, New-OSCWindowsTile

press Enter

6 – Disable scripts, type (or copy / paste):

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy Restricted

press Enter. Close PowerShell.

7 – New tiles will be in All Apps view.

Notes:

If notepad keeps popping up:

1 – Ensure you enabled scripts.

2 – .psm1 filetypes may need to be associated (open with) with PowerShell. PowerShell.exe location is:

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\