Windows 10: PC wakes up in the middle of the night by StartMenuExperienceHost.exe

Hi everyone,


New windows installation, the PC keeps waking in the middle of the night. I have done all the steps needed like disabling wake up timers in power settings, disabling power management on all devices, etc and everything else that there is on the net.


powercfg /wake timers command outputs this:


Timer set by [PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Windows.StartMenuExperienceHost_cw5n1h2txyewy\StartMenuExperienceHost.exe expires at 04:00:00 on .


And i have found zero ways to disable it. There is in another post in this forum that mentions a registry edit on a CSEnable variable but this variable no longer exists on the latest version on windows.


So if anyone has any ideas about this it would be very helpful.


Thanks in advance

Fotis

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Windows wakes up in the middle of the night

Since the Creators update my Windows PC wakes up in the middle of the night.

Before Creators update, I was able to keep my desktop asleep by disabling Wake Timers in Change advanced power settings -> Sleep, and by disabling Automatic Maintenance.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>powercfg /waketimers

Timer set by [SERVICE] \Device\HarddiskVolume6\Windows\System32\svchost.exe (SystemEventsBroker) expires at 14:54:06 on 2017-11-15.

Reason: Windows will execute 'NT TASK\Microsoft\Windows\UpdateOrchestrator\Reboot' scheduled task that requested waking the computer.

C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Why does UpdateOrchestrator set a wake timer when wake timers are disabled? How can I prevent my computer from waking me up in the middle of the night?

 

Windows wakes up in the middle of the night

Hi Summit, the task UpdateOrchestrator -> Reboot is disabled now. Windows will silently re-enable it at some point, so this doesn't prevent Windows from waking up in the middle of the night. Regards, Wessel

 

Windows 10 Wakes from Sleep in the Middle of the night

Hi,

I realize that Windows 10 wakes up from sleep in the middle of the night. I will try to help you with this issue.

Please answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

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  Did you make any changes to the PC after which you are facing this issue?
  
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  Have you installed all the pending updates on the PC?
  

You may run the Power troubleshooter and restart the computer to check if this helps.

• 
  Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Control Panel”.
  
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  Click on “Troubleshooting”.
  
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  Click on “View all” and select “Power”.
  

Follow the on-screen directions to run this troubleshooter completely. Once this is done, restart the computer and check the status. Ensure to install any pending updates on the computer and remember to restart the system.

Further you may also create a new power plan and check if this helps.

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  Press “Windows key + X” and click on “Power Options”.
  
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  Click on “Create a power plan” and proceed with the on screen directions. Once this is done restart the computer and check the status.
  

Keep us updated to help you further.