Configure the Start Menu Power Button function at Taskbar Properties and Start Menu Tab in Windows 7

This is a new feature at Windows 7 that lets you configure the start menu power button function and action. You can easily access the feature at the Taskbar and Start Menu properties as shown.

Let’s dig on its technical details.

Windows Registry Settings

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced

Start_PowerButtonAction	Value Data
Switch user	100
Log off	1
Lock	200
Restart	4
Sleep	10
Hibernate	40
Shutdown	2

Here’s an example, we used the value data 4 for Restart function as shown below:

Usually, when you bought new laptop nowadays, the initial settings for the power is to Sleep after touching the button. This is the easiest alternative way to add a shutdown function to start menu.

That’s it!