If you’re new to Windows 8 (or Windows 8.1), you’re no doubt battling the learning curve. And some areas aren’t as intuitive as they could be, like trying to navigate your way to the PC Settings menu.

After reading my tip about creating a shutdown shortcut, Dan Sweet asked for one that will hibernate his PC. 12/20: Reader g.swett and Venkatesan Sundaram caught errors in the commands below. I have ...