For those Windows 8 users you can see that Windows 8 does not have that start menu which previous Windows  have and also its now boring to locate it on settings and then click set of options (Sleep, Shut down and Restart). To eliminate this you can create your own Shutdown shortcut to save time.

 Create Shutdown Shortcu

Step 1: Create A New Shortcut ( by right click on desktop and select new option after that select shortcut option form the list).

Step 2: Write the code in location as show in the image.

For Windows 7 and Windows 8
For Shutdown: Shutdown /s
For Restart : Shutdown.exe /r /t 00

For Windows XP
For Shutdown: Shutdown.exe -s -t 00
For Restart : Shutdown.exe -r -t 00

Step 3: Click Next and Write any Name of Shortcut and click Finish.

To use your shortcut on desktop just double click it.