simple task

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Hi ,I bought a new laptop with windows 11 and I can not find a shutdown icon anywhere? please help me with should be simple task.

Answer 1

Hi Doug Jacques,
Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. I'm happy to help.

You may restore the Power Button by Registry Editor by following steps:

Disclaimer: Generally, modifying registry subkeys or work group is intended for advanced users, administrators, and IT Professionals. It can help fix some problems, however, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For further protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click How to back up and restore the registry in Windows - Microsoft Support to view the article.

• Open Registry Editor.
• Navigate to the following key: Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PolicyManager\default\Start\HidePowerButton
• On the right side, double-click the value and change its value data to 0 to enable the power button in the Start menu.

Example screenshot:

Alternative, you can make it even more convenient by creating a Shutdown shortcut.

• Navigate to the folder you want to place the Shutdown shortcut.
• Right-click on an empty area > New > Shortcut.
• Type the location of the item: shutdown /s /t 0 then click Next.
  If you want a forced shutdown, append /f to the command like this: shutdown /s /f /t 0
• Type a name for this shortcut: any name you like, example: Shutdown then click Finish.
• Any time you want to shut down your computer, just double-click the created shortcut.

I hope that above information is helpful to you.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Did you check the Start menu under the power icon? Press Ctrl + Alt + Del. Do you see the shutdown icon there?

If you still cannot find it, go to Settings > System > Windows Update, then download and install all pending updates.