Windows 10: Change Lid Close Default Action in Windows 10

How to: Change Lid Close Default Action in Windows 10

How to Change Default Action of Closing Lid in Windows 10

The Power Options lets users specify the default action to take when the laptop (system) lid is closed.

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

This tutorial will show you how to change the default action to take when closing the lid of your laptop in Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: To Change Default Lid Close Action in Power Options
• Option Two: To Change Default Lid Close Action in Advanced Power Options
• Option Three: To Change Default Lid Close Action for Current Power Plan in Command Prompt
• Option Four: To Change Default Lid Close Action for Specific Power Plan in Command Prompt

OPTION ONE [/i] To Change Default Lid Close Action in Power Options
1. Open Power Options. (see screenshot below)



2. Click/tap on the Choose what closing the lid does link on the left side. (see screenshot below)



3. In the When I close the lid drop menus, select the action you want, and click/tap on Save changes. (see screenshot below)

*note You will need to have already enabled hibernate to have the hibernate action available to select.










OPTION TWO [/i] To Change Default Lid Close Action in Advanced Power Options
1. Open Advanced Power Options.

2. Expand open Power buttons and lid and Lid close action. (see screenshot below)

3. Select the action you want, and click/tap on OK. (see screenshot below)

*note You will need to have already enabled hibernate to have the hibernate action available to select.









OPTION THREE [/i] To Change Default Lid Close Action for Current Power Plan in Command Prompt

*note You will need to have already enabled hibernate to be able to use hibernate as the default lid close action.
1. Open a command prompt.

2. Enter the command below you want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
(On battery)
Code:

OR

(Plugged in)
Code:

*note Substitute Index in the command above with the number below for the default action you want set for closing the lid.

[table][tr][td]Index Number[/td] [td]Action[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]0[/td] [td]Do nothing[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]1[/td] [td]Sleep[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]2[/td] [td]Hibernate[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]3[/td] [td]Shut down[/td] [/tr] [/table]

For example:
Code:

3. Enter the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter to apply the change. You can now close the command prompt if you like.
*Arrow powercfg -SetActive SCHEME_CURRENT








OPTION FOUR [/i] To Change Default Lid Close Action for Specific Power Plan in Command Prompt

*note You will need to have already enabled hibernate to be able to use hibernate as the default lid close action.
1. Open a command prompt.

2. Enter the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter. Make note of the GUID number (ex: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c) of the power plan you want to apply this to. (see screenshot below)

*note The power plan (ex: High performance) with a * to the right of it is your current active power plan scheme.
*Arrow powercfg /L




3. Enter the command below you want to use into the command prompt, and press Enter. (see screenshot below)
(On battery)
Code:

OR

(Plugged in)
Code:

*note Substitute GUID in the command above with the actual GUID from step 2 above for the power plan you want to apply this to.

Substitute Index in the command above with the number below for the default action you want set for closing the lid.

[table][tr][td]Index Number[/td] [td]Action[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]0[/td] [td]Do nothing[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]1[/td] [td]Sleep[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]2[/td] [td]Hibernate[/td] [/tr] [tr][td]3[/td] [td]Shut down[/td] [/tr] [/table]

For example: Set to "Hibernate" for the High performance power plan GUID (8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c)

Code:

4. Enter the command below into the command prompt, and press Enter to apply the change. (see screenshot below)

*note This command will set the power plan for the GUID as your restart the computer to apply the changes instead of doing this step.
*Arrow powercfg -SetActive GUID

*note Substitute GUID in the command above with the same GUID from step 2 above for the power plan you want to apply this to.

For example: powercfg -SetActive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c





That's it,
Shawn


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Closing my laptop lid


Hello Dove, and welcome to Ten Forums.

You might see if setting the default lid close action to either "Sleep" or "Hibernate" may work better for you.

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All apps close when I close laptop lid - why?

Hello thornbma, and welcome to Ten Forums.

What do you have your "Lid close action" set to? It sounds like it may be shutting down.

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Double check using the tutorial below to make sure you have Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device and reopen my apps after an update or restart turned on.

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Laptop keeps restarting after going to sleep (when the lid is closed).

Hi Craig,

It's possible that your lid close action is configured to shut down your computer. To make sure your settings are properly configured, you can refer to the steps below:

• Right-click on the Start menu, then choose Control
  Panel.
• Change the View by: option on the upper-right-part of the screen to Small icons.
• Choose Power Options.
• Select your power plan (e.g. High Performance), then choose Change plan settings.
• Click Change advanced power settings.
• Go to Sleep settings, then disable hybrid sleep.
• Under Power Buttons and Lid, check if
  Sleep is chosen as action when lid is close.
  
• Hit Apply and OK.

If the lid close action is set to Sleep, we suggest checking if your drivers are up-to-date. When it comes to sleep mode issues, the driver related are network, chipset, and BIOS drivers. To update your drivers, you can refer to this

link.

We look forward to your response.

 

Win 10 - computer won't lock or sleep when lid is closed

Hi Shari,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

Please follow the methods mentioned below:

Method 1: Follow the steps:

• 
  Press Windows Key + X.
  
• 
  Select on Control Panel.
  
• 
  Click on Power Options. On the left, click on "Choose what closing the lid does". Click on the drop down menu for "When I close the lid" and choose "Sleep" or "Hibernate.
  

Method 2: I suggest you to run in-built Power troubleshooter and check. Follow the steps:

• Press Windows Key + X.
• Click on Control Panel.
• Select Troubleshooting on the left pane, click on
  View All.
• Click on Power to run the troubleshooter.

Method 3: If the above method doesn’t help, I would suggest you to
reset and restore all of the default Power Plans back with their default settings. Follow the steps.

• Press Windows Key + X.
• Select Command Prompt (Admin).
• At the command prompt, type powercfg -restoredefaultschemes, and then press
  ENTER.
• At the command prompt, type exit to exit the Command Prompt window.
• Restart the computer and check with the issue.

Let us know if the issue is resolved or if you require further assistance.

 

"Only show 2" defaults to "Duplicate these displays" upon closing and reopening laptop lid

Hi,

I would suggest to try the following steps and check if it helps

• 
  Press the Win Key + X to display the
  system menu.
  
• 
  Select Control Panel.
  
• 
  Select Power Options.
  
• 
  On theleft side menu, select the Choose what closing the lid does option.
  
• 
  Look in the Power and sleep buttons and lid settings section.
  
• 
  Use the drop down menus in the
  When I close the lid section and select Do Nothing for both options.
  

I hope the information is helpful and if the error still persists, we’ll be glad to assists you.

Thank you.