"Turn Off Computer" option is missing from Start Menu?
Published: October 29, 2004Send your feedback
Symptom
When you click Start Menu, the Turn Off Computer option may be missing. This is due to a group policy / registry restriction. To restore the missing option, try this - for stand-alone systems:
Resolution
NOTE: Backup the Registry before modifying. See this article for more information.
- Open Registry Editor by typing REGEDIT.EXE in the Start, Run dialog.
- Navigate to the following locations:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
-and-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Explorer
- In the right-pane, double-click the value NoClose and set it to 0.
- Restart Windows for the changes to take effect