[SOLVED] Want Shutdown Icon on Desktop

[Tony Gamble]

I'm setting up a Sony Vaio with Linux Lite for my wife.

The shutdown icon on the menu, and the new one on the taskbar, are both small and hidden.

I have two icons on the desktop - browser and email.

I'd like a third - to turn the laptop off.

What do you wizards suggest, please?

Tony

[Scott(0)]

Hi Tony,

Give this a try:

Create a launcher on the desktop
1. RT click the desktop > Create Launcher
2. Create Launcher window opens
3. Name field: start typing the word "Turn" and you should be offered the choice of "Turn Off Computer." Accept this and all necessary info will autofill.
4. Click the create button.
5. A new icon is now on the desktop.
6. Rt click the new icon > Properties
7. Icon properties window opens
8. Choose the Permissions Tab
9. Tick box - Allow this file to run as a program
10. Close button
11. Double click new icon to test
12. The end

Did that do it?

~Scott

[N4RPS]

Hello!

As they say, great minds think alike; Scott and I answered at the same time. His answer is better, so here it is, in pictures:

                                           

Hope this helps...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[Tony Gamble]

Thanks guys.

It works a treat.

Tony

[JmaCWQ]

Hey All,

Another way:

Click on Menu, scroll to All, scroll to Turn Off Computer, right click on Turn Off Computer - Add to Desktop.

Cheers

[Tony Gamble]

Thanks again.

Tony

[Scott(0)]

@N4RPS
Great pics! I was too lazy to post them myself.

@Tony
Thanks for taking the time to post. Glad you were able to fix the issue. 

@JmaCWQ
100 points for you. Great solution. Can't get easier than that.

[PeterB]

Apologies for reawakening an old thread, but I can't find a more recent mention of this topic.

Neither of the 2 suggested solutions seems to work with version 2.2.

In 'Create Launcher', the 'turn off' option isn't listed.
In the 'Menu, All' suggestion, there isn't a 'Turn off Computer' option to right-click.

Is there still a way to achieve this, please?

[avj]

I just tested the method in the reply about creating a desktop launcher, and it seems to work. Once the launcher is created right click on it and click "make file executable", and it should then work.

When you try to create the launcher only type in the word "turn" and a drop down list should appear with the "Turn off computer" as one of the items that can be selected.

[PeterB]

Hi avj...I finally sorted it out after a little blundering around - on my installation, it's the word 'log' not 'turn' that does it.