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.
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
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.
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.
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
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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