Add or Remove Sleep button action from Power Options in Windows  

    Add or Remove Sleep button action from Power Options in Windows

    Add or Remove Sleep button action from Power Options in Windows

    How to Add or Remove 'Sleep button action' from Power Options in Windows
    Published by Category: Performance & Maintenance
    14 Mar 2022
    Designer Media Ltd

    How to Add or Remove "Sleep button action" from Power Options in Windows


    The Sleep button action setting in Power Options lets users specify the default action to take when the system hardware sleep button (if available) on the PC is pressed.

    Users can specify one of the following actions to take: do nothing, sleep, hibernate, or shut down.

    This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Sleep button action setting under Power buttons and lid in Power Options for all users in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

    You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to add or remove this setting in Power Options.

    This will not affect the When I press the sleep button setting in Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do (System Settings) below.
    Add or Remove Sleep button action from Power Options in Windows-change_what_the_power_buttons_do.jpg



    Contents

    • Option One: Add or Remove "Sleep button action" in Power Options using Command Prompt
    • Option Two: Add or Remove "Sleep button action" in Power Options using REG file



    EXAMPLE: "Sleep button action" in Power Options
    Add or Remove Sleep button action from Power Options in Windows-sleep_button_action_in_power_options.png






    OPTION ONE

    Add or Remove "Sleep button action" in Power Options using Command Prompt


    1 Open an elevated command prompt.

    2 Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

    (Add - default)
    REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\96996bc0-ad50-47ec-923b-6f41874dd9eb /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

    OR

    (Remove)
    powercfg -attributes SUB_BUTTONS 96996bc0-ad50-47ec-923b-6f41874dd9eb +ATTRIB_HIDE

    3 You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.






    OPTION TWO

    Add or Remove "Sleep button action" in Power Options using REG file


    The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\96996bc0-ad50-47ec-923b-6f41874dd9eb

    Attributes DWORD

    1 = Remove
    2 = Add


    1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


    2 To Add "Sleep button action" to Power Options

    This is the default setting.

    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Add_Sleep_button_action_to_Power_Options.reg

    Download


    3 To Remove "Sleep button action" from Power Options

    A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

    Remove_Sleep_button_action_from_Power_Options.reg

    Download


    4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

    5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

    6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

    7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.


    That it,
    Shawn Brink


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  2. OldGrantonian
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       New #1

    I've been using Shawn's tutorials since before Windows was invented by Al Gore.

    This is the first time a tut hasn't worked for me.

    And to make up for lost time, neither of the 2 options worked. I tried Option 2 first, then Option One.

    Can't win them all.
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  4. Brink
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       New #2

    OldGrantonian said:
    I've been using Shawn's tutorials since before Windows was invented by Al Gore.

    This is the first time a tut hasn't worked for me.

    And to make up for lost time, neither of the 2 options worked. I tried Option 2 first, then Option One.

    Can't win them all.
    Hello mate,

    Odd. It still adds it to Power Options for me.

    Just to verify, did you close and reopen Power Options afterwards to update it? Restart computer?
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  5. OldGrantonian
    Posts : 373
    Windows 10 Home 21H2
       New #3

    Thanks for response.

    I think my objective is different from the objective of this tut. I want to add "Sleep" to the list of options in Start > Shutdown

    I'm sure I had Sleep on that list a few months ago, but I had to reset Windows.

    I assumed that trying your tut is "fail safe", because if I tried to add something that was already present - no harm can be done.

    At this moment, all I can see in the Start menu is:

    - Switch user
    - Lock
    - Hibernate
    - Restart
    - Shut down

    Thanks
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  6. Brink
    Posts : 68,990
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       New #4

    OldGrantonian said:
    Thanks for response.

    I think my objective is different from the objective of this tut. I want to add "Sleep" to the list of options in Start > Shutdown

    I'm sure I had Sleep on that list a few months ago, but I had to reset Windows.

    I assumed that trying your tut is "fail safe", because if I tried to add something that was already present - no harm can be done.

    At this moment, all I can see in the Start menu is:

    - Switch user
    - Lock
    - Hibernate
    - Restart
    - Shut down

    Thanks
    Ah, ok. You will want this below instead then.

    Add or Remove Sleep in Power menu in Windows 10
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  7. OldGrantonian
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       New #5

    .
    Brink said:
    Ah, ok. You will want this below instead then.

    .
    Add or Remove Sleep in Power menu in Windows 10
    .
    Thanks for the link. All the options work as expected - except Alt+F4.

    Sometimes it work as expected, and sometimes it closes apps and browsers in the reverse sequence of launching.

    Thanks
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  8. Brink
    Posts : 68,990
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
    Thread Starter
       New #6

    OldGrantonian said:
    Thanks for the link. All the options work as expected - except Alt+F4.

    Sometimes it work as expected, and sometimes it closes apps and browsers in the reverse sequence of launching.

    Thanks
      My Computers
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