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Create a Shortcut or Hotkey To Turn Off The Monitor in Windows 7


Want to quickly turn off the monitor? Then you can create a shortcut to do that rather quickly


Switching ON and Off monitors can sometimes cause hardware problems – in Labs and offices where multiple monitors are in use, it’s annoying to switch off each and every monitor via the power button. You can lock the screen by pressing Windows + L, but then it’s still consuming power

1. Step First download the utitlity software nircmd and run the .exe file.

2. Step Now on desktop right click on empty space-> Go to New-> Select Shortcut.

3. Step Now in the location field type the follwing command “C:\path\to\nircmd.exe” cmdwait 1000 monitor off ->  Click Next-> Name it-> click Finish.

4. Step Your shortcut is ready.

Still having problems to create this shortcut, let us know in the comments!