Windows 10: I want to be able to close the lid and do nothing when my external monitor is connected. If...

I want to be able to close the lid and do nothing when my external monitor is connected. If it is not connected I want the pc to sleep when I close the lid. Is there an option available or people at Microsoft is still considering whether to build this option into Windows 10 / 11? With current technological advancement please....I don't take its not an option for an answer, I could however take it's not an option "yet"... and could be patch in a couple of weeks, months...

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Keep external monitors on when laptop lid is closed

Just in case this hasn't been resolved yet, you can get to the laptop lid settings by going to Start Menu and finding "Control Panel." When there, choose Hardware and Sound > Power Options. When on the "Power Options" screen, the list of options on the left should contain "Choose what closing the lid does." Choose that option and you should see settings for "When I close the lid" when "On battery" and when "Plugged in." You could choose to set both to "Do nothing." I usually set the "Plugged in" option to "Do nothing" when connected to external monitors.

NOTE: There is a quick way to get here from the Settings app too. There should be a "Find a setting" search box on the left. Type "lid" in there and hit Enter. A suggestion should come up that says "Change what closing the lid does." If you select that suggestion, it will take you to the same Control Panel location I mentioned above.

 

Windows 10 sleeps when using external monitor and closing the laptop lid.

Hey Likitha

Thanks for your response.

Before we assist further, I would like to ask you a few questions:

• Have you set Sleep function to activate on closing the laptop lid?
• Did you check if the laptop goes to sleep when not connected to external monitor and lid closed?

To respond to your questions

(1) I have set the sleep function to operate on laptop lid close only when the laptop is on battery power. When it is plugged in I have set it to do not sleep ever.

(2) I have tested that it does *not* go to sleep when I the laptop is plugged in and I close the laptop lid

Further information:

(1) When I first turned the laptop on I attached it to the monitor and closed the lid. It then ran successfully for approximately an hour before hibernating.

(2) I then restarted the system, external monitor plugged in, lid closed and it went to hibernate after approximately 2 minutes.

 

Windows Snap left/right not working when laptop connected to external monitor but lid is closed

I just got a new laptop and I'm seeing some behavior that I didn't see with my old laptop. For my old laptop, when I connected the laptop to an external monitor (hdmi) and then closed the lid of the laptop, Windows seemed to know the laptop lid was closed
and didn't allow me to drag from the external monitor onto the laptop monitor anymore. And because I couldn't drag onto the laptop monitor anymore, I was able to use the Aero windows snap feature on both the left and right sides of the external monitor.

But, with my new laptop, even when the laptop lid is closed, windows still seems to think it's there. Consequently, I can drag to the right, off the external monitor, and onto the closed-lid laptop monitor. And of course because I can drag like this, the
Aero windows snap for the right side of the external monitor isn't working. It works on the left side of the external monitor (my monitor configuration is that I have the extneral monitor in front of me and the laptop off to the right)

So I guess I need to know if there is some configuration which is somehow letting windows still use the laptop monitor even after the lid is closed?