How to Change Default Lid Close Action in Windows 10  

slakr said:

Tried it two ways: Ran the script/shortcut+restart and made the change manually+restart (option 3 and 1)

After running the script and restarting, the setting stuck at Do Nothing (display and behavior)... at least until policy resets it again in <1hr.
After a manual change, the setting also stayed at Do Nothing (display and behavior).

(But... It defeats the purpose if i have to reboot to get my 'please dont turn off!' action to work )

wonder if there's a way to 'apply' or 'activate' after making the change, maybe /SETACTIVE on the current scheme?? Will investigate once i get reset...

/SETACTIVE is normally required to apply in the steps.

You could create a BAT file to use with all of the needed commands on your desktop instead of the shortcut to help make it easier.

slakr said:

Yep, that worked... and a quick review of your guide said as much, multiple times. facepalm
thanks

No worries. I'm just glad you have a working solution.

apb said:

Thanks, but I'm looking for the registry location of the setting value, not for the powercfg command that sets it.

Hello,

The registry key location for this setting is:

(Balanced)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes\381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\5ca83367-6e45-459f-a27b-476b1d01c936

(Power saver)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes\a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\5ca83367-6e45-459f-a27b-476b1d01c936

(High performance)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes\8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\5ca83367-6e45-459f-a27b-476b1d01c936

(Ultimate Performance)
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes\e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61\4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347\5ca83367-6e45-459f-a27b-476b1d01c936

Aha, thanks! Actually, I created a custom power scheme that may or may not be identical to ultimate performance, but I think I will be able to go from there, just finding the right guid in the parent key.

BTW, my problem with the UI for setting the button and lid action continues to occur, so I'm still working on finding the source of the problem. Also, hibernation does not seem to happen as promised. Some of this, I suspect, is not so much the fault of Windows as it is some bugginess in the laptop firmware or Dell's power management.

--peter

Update: It seems that hibernation will not happen if "sleep" is set to 'never'. (In this case, "sleep" means "modern standby")

apb said:

Update: It seems that hibernation will not happen if "sleep" is set to 'never'. (In this case, "sleep" means "modern standby")

If this command says you have S0 Modern standby [aka S0 Low power idle] then it will also say that you do not have S3 Sleep, which is what people normally mean when they refer to "sleep".

Code:

PowerCfg -a

S0 Modern standby is an idle condition not a sleep state.

S0 Modern standby kicks in as soon as your Power options turns off your monitor.

S0 Modern standby is a curse but it does not affect your ability to use hibernation. Whatever is causing your problem, it is not that.


There are, in effect, four Power/Computer states for an S0 Modern standby [aka S0 Low power idle] computer
- Computer on, Monitor on {Work can be done on the computer}
- Computer on, Monitor off = S0 {The monitor turning off initiates S0 Modern standby i.e. idle}. S0 progressively shuts down user-initiated processes. No user-desired activities start, only MS-desired ones such as WU & their built-in email app.
- Hibernate
- Off


All the best,
Denis