Show sleep in the power options menu
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Key metadata and intent for this policy.

Computer
Category
Windows Components > File Explorer
Supported on
At least Windows Server 2012, Windows 8 or Windows RT

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

Shows or hides sleep from the power options menu. If you enable this policy setting, the sleep option will be shown in the Power Options menu (as long as it is supported by the machine's hardware). If you disable this policy setting, the sleep option will never be shown in the Power Options menu. If you do not configure this policy setting, users will be able to choose whether they want sleep to show through the Power Options Control Panel.

Internal name
ShowSleepOption
Policy ID
3071058413da
Elements
0

Registry values

How enabled and disabled states update the registry.

ScopeRegistry locationTypeEnabled valueDisabled valueCopy
Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
ShowSleepOption
REG_DWORD
HKLM
1
HKLM
0
Registry location
Type REG_DWORD · Computer
Path
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
Value name
ShowSleepOption
Hive
HKLM
Enabled value
1
Disabled value
0

Policy elements

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