If you don’t want to go through all these steps then you can simply get a Shutdown shortcut that will save time and speed up the shutdown process. Here’s how you do it:

On the desktop, right click and choose ‘New shortcut’.

Now, you’ll be prompted to enter the location of the item. Copy the following code and click on ‘Next’.

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

Next, you need to enter a name for the shortcut. Type an appropriate name like ‘Shutdown’ and click on ‘Finish’.

A shortcut icon is now created with the entered name. However, if you are not satisfied with the icon, you can change it. You can change it by right clicking the icon and then going to ‘Properties’ > ‘Change icon’. Browse and select an icon of your choice and click on ‘ok’.

How to get the Shutdown shortcut on the Metro Screen?
Open ‘My Computer’ and navigate to the following path:

%appdata%\microsoft\windows\Start Menu\Programs\

Cut and paste the shortcut icon created earlier in this directory.

That’s it! Now press the Windows Key and you should see the shutdown icon in the Metro interface.

Other shortcut codes, if you are interested:

Desktop Restart shortcut code:
Shutdown.exe -r -t 00

Desktop Hibernate shortcut code:
rundll32.exe PowrProf.dll,SetSuspendState

Desktop Sleep shortcut code:
rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState 0,1,0

Shutdown Windows 8 faster with a Desktop shutdown shortcut