How to Create a Custom Desktop Shortcut To Lock Your PC?

RJ made a comment on the post “How to lock your PC automatically while you step out?“, saying that you can also create custom desktop shortcut to lock the PC while you step out. This desktop shortcut will be handy for people who are not used to keyboard shortcut and all you have to do to lock your PC is double click the shortcut while you step out (although you can use Windows Key + L to lock your PC).

First, How to Create a Custom Desktop Shortcut?
Step 1: On the Desktop, Right Click and hover over New and Click Shortcut.

Create Desktop Shortcut

Step 2: Give the execution code in the ‘Type of the location of the item‘
Step 3: Give a name for the shortcut in the next screen and click ok.
Step 4: A shortcut will be created in the desktop which on double clicking will execute the command which you have given earlier.

Now, How to Create a Custom Desktop Shortcut to Lock the PC?
After Step 1, give the following line as the target for shortcut
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Create Shortcut

Give a name of your preference for the Lock PC shortcut.
Click OK and you are done!

The properties of the custom desktop shortcut to lock PC should like this.

Lock PC Properties

Also read how to create a custom keyboard shortcut?

16 Responses to “How to Create a Custom Desktop Shortcut To Lock Your PC?”

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1 kuanhoong
Jul 10th, 2007 at 8:16 pm

Now this is a good shortcut Thanks for sharing!
2 Glock
Jul 11th, 2007 at 9:50 am

gr8 post, thnx alot!
3 RJ
Jul 11th, 2007 at 12:26 pm

you explained it much better then I did thanks
4 Mr.Byte
Jul 11th, 2007 at 5:32 pm

@RJ, Thanks RJ for the lead…
5 ReviewSaurus
Jul 11th, 2007 at 6:37 pm

Nice and simple tip. But, I really think that I’ll stick with pressing CTRL ALT DEL and then the space bar. I’ll do it quickly then the shortcut
6 Ken Xu
Jul 12th, 2007 at 2:00 am

Agree with Mayank and but this is a great post! ;p
7 Randy
Jul 12th, 2007 at 4:55 am

Or just windows key ‘L’
8 Mr.Byte
Jul 12th, 2007 at 5:36 am

@Randy, I also use ‘Windows Key L’ always but I though this might help people who don’t like to use keyboard shortcuts.
9 praveen
Feb 5th, 2008 at 11:07 am

This is a good shortcut Thankyou
10 pottas
May 25th, 2008 at 8:51 pm

First, How to Create a Custom Desktop Shortcut? this is not neccesary.Just right on any folder in my computer and select create shortcut on desktop.
11 Dr. Suhas Rao
Jul 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 am

How to create a shortcut to shutdown Navigate to C:\windows\system32\shutdown.exe Right click and send to desktop (create
Shortcut.
12 JonaThink
Oct 25th, 2008 at 7:20 am

Ummmmmmmmm
wow like this Review Saurus guy said
i’ rather Ctrl Alt Del
then do all tht
sooooooooooo
WOoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooOooooooooooooooooooooooooOW