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[quote who="tfouto" reply="2" id="3270898"] There should be a new option: Full Shutdown along the existent ones ... As you said on other thread, Start8 is not just a copy of start button of Windows 7. It had more functionalities...[/quote] Fully accord. A while ago I found and added a right-click context desktop Power Menu that offers the option to Shut Down (hybrid) or Shut Down (full), without having to disable the Windows 8 Quick

[quote who="tfouto" reply="2" id="3266822"] Quoting Neil Banfield, reply 1tart8 enables the hybrid startup option that Windows 8 introduced. You may want to look at this article and see if your machine has that option enabled by default or not. Is it possible to add an option on start8 "Full Shutdown"? There is shutdown, and there would be a extra option. Full Shutdown. (shutdown /s /full / t 0)[/quote] That wou

[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="1" id="3266799"]Start8 enables the hybrid startup option that Windows 8 introduced. You may want to look at this article and see if your machine has that option enabled by default or not. http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html [/quote] Thanks for the reference, Neil. That did the trick. Re-enabled hibernate then went into the power options as per the article and unchecked

What shutdown parameters is Start8 using to shut down the computer? Whenever I use the Start8 menu's shutdown command my computer does a hibernate or sleep (not sure which, only that the laptop's led "quarter moon" lamp lights up during the shutdown phase which indicates the computer is going to sleep or hibernating). I do not get this behavior whenever I choose the native Windows 8 charm bar shutdown i.e. the sleep/hibernate led does not light up and the computer cleanly and simply s