Power off/stadby/hibernate/restart on docks?

how do you do it?

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I just downloaded my first dock "ObjectDock" and I know verry little about them and I was wondering if there was a way to use an icon in a Dock to open the power menu to turn off the pc or restart it...ect.

I have a Power Icon and ll but i don't know how to attach the functuin, so i guess Im asking how that would be done?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I use a docklet that allows you to set the function you want. You can run as many as you want [one for shut-down, one for restart, etc].

It's called syscmd by Paul Gebhiem and it rocks!

SysCmd
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I used to hate having to ....click....and....wait.....three times to turn off my laptop.
I use an OD+ untabbed dock and this worked for me:

Right click a dock icon & select This Dock > Add > New Shortcut
You'll get a new blue ? dock icon
Right click the new ? icon & click Dock Entry Properties
Fill out properties as follows:
Title: shutdown (...or Off!, or a profanity, or nothing, it's just the text label)
Link: C\WINDOWS\system32\shutdown.exe
Leave "Show folder in a menu" unticked
Arguments: -s -t 0 (note: dash ess space dash tee space zero)
Start in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\
Run: Normal Window

There are other permutations, including logoff, hibernate, time before shutdown, but you'll need to search them, because I can't remember.....
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm with Zubaz...syscmd is an excellent docklet! I am currently running 5 docks, one of which is solely dedicated to different functions of syscmd - 6 different functions(right click to change the functions). Just search "syscmd" under docklets.
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ooops! wasn't done!
Just be careful with syscmd...if you accidently click logoff or shutdown, there is no stopping it! I tend to use the shutdown dialog for restart, logff, and power options...