Can I create "Shutdown" And "Restart" Desktop Icons in Windows XP / Vista? Creating "Shutdown" and "Restart" desktop icons makes it a one click process to either shutdown or restart your system. In windows, there is shutdown.exe which is the responsible exe file which handles shutting down and rebooting of your Personal Computer. Here's how you can create "Shutdown" and … [Read more...] about Can I create “Shutdown” And “Restart” Desktop Icons in Windows XP / Vista?