Policy

Select the lid switch action (on battery)

Microsoft Windows

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Select the lid switch action (on battery)
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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
System > Power Management > Button Settings
Supported on
At least Windows Vista

Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista

This policy setting specifies the action that Windows takes when a user closes the lid on a mobile PC. Possible actions include: -Take no action -Sleep -Hibernate -Shut down If you enable this policy setting, you must select the desired action. If you disable this policy setting or do not configure it, users can see and change this setting.

Internal name
DCSystemLidAction_2
Policy ID
0bc55ae929cf
Elements
1

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.

Policy elements

Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.

ScopeElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behaviorCopy
Computer
Lid Switch Action
ID SelectDCSystemLidAction
enum
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\5CA83367-6E45-459F-A27B-476B1D01C936
Value name
DCSettingIndex
Type
REG_DWORD
Options: Take no action (0), Sleep (1), Hibernate (2), Shut down (3)
Lid Switch Action
Computer · Type enum
Registry mapping
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\5CA83367-6E45-459F-A27B-476B1D01C936
Value name
DCSettingIndex
Type
REG_DWORD
Details
Options: Take no action (0), Sleep (1), Hibernate (2), Shut down (3)