Hibernate shortcut

The first step to making a Hibernate shortcut is to make sure you have Hibernate turned on.

Go to the Control panel then choose Power options, and select the Hibernate tab. Make sure Enable hibernation is checked.

Now to actually make the shortcut right click your desktop and choose New -> Shortcut. Next, type or copy paste this case-sensitive command into the dialog box:

rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

Click Next. Give the shortcut a name and click Finish.
From now on all you need to do to enter Hibernation is double click the shortcut.

If you do not like the default icon, you can change it by:
- right click on the icon
- choose "Properties"
- click "Change Icon"
- put the following value in the "Look for icons in this file" field:
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
- click "Ok"
- choose desired icon
- click "Apply"


Nice addition to this is installing (you don't even have to install it, just keep it running) a nice program called Hot Key Plus 1.01 by Brian Apps ( home page ) and set, for example, Windows key + H to activate your shortcut that you saved wherever you wanted.