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When you're ready to shut down your PC, why not just press the power button? Why not, indeed! Except that on most computers, that button comes preprogrammed to do something else: put the machine into sleep mode.
To remedy that, click in Windows 10's Search field, type power, and then click Power Options in the search results that appear.
Next, in the list of options on the left, click "Choose what the power buttons do." As you'll see, there are two pull-down menus next to "When I press the power button" -- one each for On Battery and Plugged In (unless you have a desktop, in which case you'll probably see just the latter).
Right Click on Start button on the bottom of extreme left of screen <-|
From down select shutdown or signout <-|
Click OK for shutdown
