- Right click on desktop.
- Select New -> Shortcut
- Type shutdown /l in the textbox
- Click Next button
- Give a name for the shortcut, like 'logoff', 'logout', 'signout' etc.
- Now Click Finish.
- No you will get a shortcut file on desktop
If you open this shortcut file, you will be logged out from your Windows computer. Remember, it is not shutting down. Just logging out. But, you will lose your unsaved works. In another post, we will see how to make shutdown, restart and hibernate shortcuts in windows.