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Add "Update and restart" & "Update and shut down" entries to CmdPal System Commands menu

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#48,849 opened on Jun 25, 2026

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Exactly as it sounds: add the entries for "Update and restart" & "Update and shut down" into the Command Pallet's built-in "Windows system commands" menu.

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To be able to restart/shutdown the system from CmdPal while also updating the system. I expect these would only appear when there are updates to be run like in the Start Menu. This would also allow the ability to restart/shutdown the computer without installing updates if desired

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