April
23
Quickly Lock Your Windows PC
Posted In: Hacks n Tweaks by Andy at 12:05 am
For years I’ve been using the Windows+L key combination to lock my workstation. Recently I stumbled across this neat trick. Create a shortcut on your quick launch toolbar that will lock the workstation for you.
Steps:
1. Right click on your deksotp and select New, Shortcut
2. Paste this text in - rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation
3. Click next and type a name for the shortcut, like maybe Lock
4. Click Finish
5. You can right click on your new shortcut and change the icon (there is a lock icon as part of the collection in %SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll)
6. Drag the icon to your taskbar
Voila!
Or you could hit Windows Key - L.
Which is even faster.
I do that, I called it out early in the post
Yes I know that. I not so subtly hinting at using windowsL because it’s infinitely faster than using the mouse. It’s almost like a boss-key. Just pop it once and your done. No moving the mouse, no clicking.