How to configure a path for Sleep

Vista Home Premium.
I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.

Anyone know the path to insert?

I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will be
greatly appreciated.

Robert

Most keyboards have a sleep button. It's usually located to the left of the
Esc button.

"Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
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> Vista Home Premium.
> I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
>
> Anyone know the path to insert?
>
> I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Robert
>
>

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:40:34 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:

> Most keyboards have a sleep button. It's usually located to the left of the
> Esc button.


?? I'll believe you if you say *some* keyboards have such a button,
but certainly not "most". None of mine do.




> "Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
> news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
> > Vista Home Premium.
> > I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
> >
> > Anyone know the path to insert?
> >
> > I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will be
> > greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Hi, Bob.

"Bob" <> wrote in message
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> Most keyboards have a sleep button. It's usually located to the left of
> the Esc button.

Most? My current Microsoft Wireless Keyboard is the first one I've ever had
that had a "Sleep" key. And it is above the "-" key on the numeric keypad,
to the far right side of the keyboard.

There are just too many keyboard with widely varying designs to say that
"most" of them have any such feature.

Robert, what is the make and model of your keyboard? Does it already have a
Sleep key? To program a key for this, we probably will also need to know
the make and model of your computer, or motherboard and BIOS if you built it
yourself. With that information, perhaps one of the gurus here (not me!)
might be able to tell you how to do it.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP
(Running Windows Live Mail 2008 in Vista Ultimate x64)

> "Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
> news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
>> Vista Home Premium.
>> I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
>>
>> Anyone know the path to insert?
>>
>> I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Robert

My response is based on the fact that I have 4 keyboards including one that
I've had for 7 years and they all have sleep buttons.


"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:40:34 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
>
>> Most keyboards have a sleep button. It's usually located to the left of
>> the
>> Esc button.
>
>
> ?? I'll believe you if you say *some* keyboards have such a button,
> but certainly not "most". None of mine do.
>
>
>
>
>> "Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
>> news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
>> > Vista Home Premium.
>> > I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
>> >
>> > Anyone know the path to insert?
>> >
>> > I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will
>> > be
>> > greatly appreciated.
>> >
>> > Robert
>> >
>> >
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> Please Reply to the Newsgroup

"Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
> Vista Home Premium.
> I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
>
> Anyone know the path to insert?
>
> I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Robert

You can always set your physical power button to be used for Sleep.
Control Panel>Power Options>Choose what the power buttons do


Other things you could do;

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/keybo...-3-keystrokes/


Put a shortcut on the desktop;

Right Click anywhere on the Desktop.

Then point to New, and then click on Shortcut.

Copy/paste the following phrase: rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState

Now click on the Next button to continue.

Type in a name for the shortcut (Sleep), and then click Finish.

Windows will place the shortcut on your Desktop for you.

Now you can click on this shortcut to put your system into Stand-by Mode.

You can right-click the shortcut, select "Properties". Go to the "Shortcut"
tab. Click "Change Icon". Browse to C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
click "imageres.dll" and select a new icon.


-Michael

"rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState"

Excellent, double excellent. Thank you!

Robert


"MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
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> "Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
> news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
>> Vista Home Premium.
>> I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
>>
>> Anyone know the path to insert?
>>
>> I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will be
>> greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Robert
>
> You can always set your physical power button to be used for Sleep.
> Control Panel>Power Options>Choose what the power buttons do
>
>
> Other things you could do;
>
> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/keybo...-3-keystrokes/
>
>
> Put a shortcut on the desktop;
>
> Right Click anywhere on the Desktop.
>
> Then point to New, and then click on Shortcut.
>
> Copy/paste the following phrase: rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,
> SetSuspendState
>
> Now click on the Next button to continue.
>
> Type in a name for the shortcut (Sleep), and then click Finish.
>
> Windows will place the shortcut on your Desktop for you.
>
> Now you can click on this shortcut to put your system into Stand-by Mode.
>
> You can right-click the shortcut, select "Properties". Go to the
> "Shortcut"
> tab. Click "Change Icon". Browse to C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
> click "imageres.dll" and select a new icon.
>
>
> -Michael

--

You're welcome, Robert.

Here's info on creating Lock, Shutdown and Restart shortcuts.

I use the Lock shortcut quite often.

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/


-Michael

"Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
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> "rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState"
>
> Excellent, double excellent. Thank you!
>
> Robert
>
>
> "MICHAEL" <> wrote in message
> news:u9mu%23$$...
>> "Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
>> news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
>>> Vista Home Premium.
>>> I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
>>>
>>> Anyone know the path to insert?
>>>
>>> I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will be greatly
>>> appreciated.
>>>
>>> Robert
>>
>> You can always set your physical power button to be used for Sleep.
>> Control Panel>Power Options>Choose what the power buttons do
>>
>>
>> Other things you could do;
>>
>> http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/keybo...-3-keystrokes/
>>
>>
>> Put a shortcut on the desktop;
>>
>> Right Click anywhere on the Desktop.
>>
>> Then point to New, and then click on Shortcut.
>>
>> Copy/paste the following phrase: rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll, SetSuspendState
>>
>> Now click on the Next button to continue.
>>
>> Type in a name for the shortcut (Sleep), and then click Finish.
>>
>> Windows will place the shortcut on your Desktop for you.
>>
>> Now you can click on this shortcut to put your system into Stand-by Mode.
>>
>> You can right-click the shortcut, select "Properties". Go to the "Shortcut"
>> tab. Click "Change Icon". Browse to C:\Windows\System32\imageres.dll
>> click "imageres.dll" and select a new icon.
>>
>>
>> -Michael
>
> --
>

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:12:38 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:

> My response is based on the fact that I have 4 keyboards including one that
> I've had for 7 years and they all have sleep buttons.



OK, but it's a giant leap of faith to generalize from four to "most."

I personally have seven or eight keyboards here at the moment, and
I've seen and worked with hundreds (if not thousands) of others. I can
assure you that most keyboards do *not* have such a key.


> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:40:34 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
> >
> >> Most keyboards have a sleep button. It's usually located to the left of
> >> the
> >> Esc button.
> >
> >
> > ?? I'll believe you if you say *some* keyboards have such a button,
> > but certainly not "most". None of mine do.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> "Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
> >> news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
> >> > Vista Home Premium.
> >> > I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
> >> >
> >> > Anyone know the path to insert?
> >> >
> >> > I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help will
> >> > be
> >> > greatly appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Robert
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> > --
> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup

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Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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Ok.

"Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:12:38 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
>
>> My response is based on the fact that I have 4 keyboards including one
>> that
>> I've had for 7 years and they all have sleep buttons.
>
>
>
> OK, but it's a giant leap of faith to generalize from four to "most."
>
> I personally have seven or eight keyboards here at the moment, and
> I've seen and worked with hundreds (if not thousands) of others. I can
> assure you that most keyboards do *not* have such a key.
>
>
>> "Ken Blake, MVP" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>> > On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:40:34 -0500, "Bob" <> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Most keyboards have a sleep button. It's usually located to the left
>> >> of
>> >> the
>> >> Esc button.
>> >
>> >
>> > ?? I'll believe you if you say *some* keyboards have such a button,
>> > but certainly not "most". None of mine do.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >> "Robert J. Lafayette" <> wrote in message
>> >> news:16CD921E-1B36-4938-96EE-...
>> >> > Vista Home Premium.
>> >> > I wish to make a hot button on my keyboard for sleep.
>> >> >
>> >> > Anyone know the path to insert?
>> >> >
>> >> > I also wonder if that is an executable file or a path. Any help
>> >> > will
>> >> > be
>> >> > greatly appreciated.
>> >> >
>> >> > Robert
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
>> > Please Reply to the Newsgroup
>
> --
> Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User
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