Step 1: Right-click the desktop, point at New on the menu and choose Shortcut in the options.
Create Shortcut
Right-click an empty area on your desktop and select New \ Shortcut from the Context Menu.
Step 2: As the window named Create Shortcut turns up, enter %windir%\system32\shutdown.exe –h, and then select Next.
Step 3: Type a description (e.g. Hibernate) to name this shortcut, and tap Finish.
Now you have the shortcut on your desktop, but you might want to change the icon to something else.
Right-click the shortcut icon and select Properties.
Select the Shortcut Tab and click the Change Icon button.
In the Look for icons in this file field copy and paste the following then click OK.
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
This brings up a list of included Windows icons you can choose from. Select whatever you want it to be. There are a couple of Power icons in the directory…click OK. Of course you can choose any icon you want, if you customize your icons just browse to the directory they are in.
Now you will see the icon in the Shortcut Properties window, click OK.
Here we have a nice looking shortcut that you can use to put your machine into Hibernation.
