5 great ways to restart Windows 11

Forwhateverreason,you'lllikelywanttoknowhowtorestartWindows11onyourPC.WhileyouwilloftenseeanoptiontorestartwhenyoufinishinstallingaWindows11update,youmayneedtorestarttotroubleshootanyPC-relatedproblems.

MicrosoftprovidesonlythemostbasicwaytorestartWindows.

Fortunately,thereareseveralwaystorestartyourWindows11PC.

RestartWindows11

OneofthemostobviouswaysofrestartingyourWindows11PCisbyusingtheStartMenu.Here'swhatyouneedtodo.OpentheStartMenu(Windowskey)andgotothePowermenuandclickRestart.

AnotherquickwayyoucanrestartWindows11isbyusingaspecialmenuoption.Toenableit,usethekeyboardshortcutAlt+F4.Oncethemenuopens,choseRestartfromthedropdownlistandchooseOKtorestartWindows11.

AthirdwaytorestartWindows11istousetheQuickLinkmenu.Toenablethis,allyouneedtodoisusetheWindowskey+Xkeyboardshortcut.

Fromthere,goto"Shutdownorsignout"andchoose"Restart."

ThefourthwayisaquickwaytorestartyourPCifyouhaveaccesstoCommandPromptorWindowsPowerShell.Allyouneedtodoiscopyandpastethefollowingcommandattheprompt:

shutdown/r

(the/rparameterisfor"restart")

Onceyoucopyandpastethiscommand,pressEnter.Inaddition,youcanalsocopyandpastethiscommandintotheRunmenu.IntheRunmenu,clickOK.

Oncethecommandiscompleted,youwillseeawarningmessage,clicktheClose(onlyoption).

Afterthewarningmessageisclosed,yourPCwillrestartin60seconds.Justincaseyoumadeamistakeandwanttocancelthecountdown,usethefollowingcommand:shutdown/a

Alternatively,youcanusethefollowingcommandtorestartWindows11immediately(withoutthe60secondscountdown):shutdown/r/t0

Youcanalwayschangethenumbertohowmuchtime(inseconds)youwanttoWindows11towaitbeforerestarting;IwantedWindows11torestartimmediately,soIused0astheamountoftime.

Forreference,hereisafulllistofavailableshutdowncommandoptions.

UsingtheCtrl+Alt+Delkeyboardshortcutismygo-tointerruptwithanyWindowsPC.Onceentered,allyouneedtodoisgotothePowericoninthelowerrightofthescreenandclickRestarttorestartyourPC.AnotherwayyoucanrestartWindows11isattheLoginscreen.

AnotherprotipisthatyoucanrestartWindows11atthesign-inscreen.ClickthepowericoninthelowerrightofthescreenandclickRestart.

BesuretocheckouttherestofWindows11coverage,alongwithourextensivelistofhelpfulguidesinourdedicatedhub.

DoyoueverrestartyourWindowsPCordoyoujustleaveitturnedonallthetime?Letusknowinthecomments!