Windows 10: Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Windows 10

How to: Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Windows 10

How to Enable or Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu in Windows 10


The Power menu in Windows 10 can allow users to restart the PC without having to sign in to Windows.

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in the Power menu for specific or all users in Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu.

*note This does not affect the Alt+F4 Shut Down Windows dialog, and does not prevent users from using other methods to restart.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Enable or Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Two: Enable or Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor
• Option Three: Enable or Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users using a REG file

EXAMPLE: Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate disabled in Power menu

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OPTION ONE [/i] Enable or Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users in Local Group Policy Editor

*note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Three below.
1. Open the Local Group Policy Editor.

2. In the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Start Menu and Taskbar. (see screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of Start Menu and Taskbar, double click/tap on the Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users
A) Select (dot) Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

*note Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Enable or Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor

*note The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.

All editions can use Option Three below.
1. Open the all users except administrators Local Group Policy Editor for how you want this policy applied.

2. In the left pane of the Local Group Policy Editor, click/tap on to expand User Configuration, Administrative Templates, and Start Menu and Taskbar. (see screenshot below)



3. In the right pane of Start Menu and Taskbar, double click/tap on the Remove and prevent access to the Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate commands policy to edit it. (see screenshot above)

4. Do step 5 (enable) or step 6 (disable) below for what you would like to do.


5. To Enable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu
A) Select (dot) either Not Configured or Disabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)

*note Not Configured is the default setting.

6. To Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu
A) Select (dot) Enabled, click/tap on OK, and go to step 7 below. (see screenshot below)




7. When finished, you can close the Local Group Policy Editor if you like.





OPTION THREE [/i] Enable or Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users using a REG file

*note The downloadable .reg files below will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry keys below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

HidePowerOptions DWORD

(delete) = Enable
1 = Disable

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


2. To Enable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Enable_Shut-Down_Restart_Sleep_Hibernate_in_Power-Menu.reg

Download

3. To Disable Shut Down, Restart, Sleep, and Hibernate in Power Menu for All Users
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Disable_Shut-Down_Restart_Sleep_Hibernate_in_Power-Menu.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's it,
Shawn


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My laptop has suddenly started automatically restarting when I try to hibernate. I have tried many solutions I found on the internet and this forum.

• I disabled fast restart
• ran power troubleshooter
• reset the power plan defaults
• updated bios
• tried a repair install
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I have already updated to v 1909. I am running Win 10 Pro.

The fast start disable fixed the auto restart on shutdown but not or hibernate. Sleep works fine. Please advise what other steps to try.