Fixed Windows 10 cannot shutdown issue
I normally bounce around between Linux, Mac OS and Windows for different tasks. I mainly use Windows for gaming or consuming media, so there isn't much software installed on my machine. Not too sure when it started, but I have been having this weird issue where Windows doesn't turn off my machine when I click on Shutdown
. It would just Log
me out rather than do a full shutdown. What's even weirder is that Restart
works just fine. I was doing a bit of searching around, I managed to resolve it. But I didn't find any of the instructions that was easy to follow. Hence why I'm creating this post.
Step 1
Go to Control Panel
and search for 'power'. As soon as you stop typing (wait a couple of seconds) then you should see the results coming back.
Step 2
Click on Change what the power buttons do
. It should take you to the follow screen.
Step 3
Ensure the Turn on fast start-up (recommended)
option is unchecked like shown in the picture above.
For some reason, this functionality is causing problems for a lot of people. I guess this just proves that I am correct not choosing Windows for development.