Policy

Change Start Menu power button

Windows 11 25H2

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Policy overview

Key metadata and intent for this policy.

ClassUser
CategoryStart Menu and Taskbar
Supported onWindows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Supported OS tags: Windows7, WindowsServer2008

Set the default action of the power button on the Start menu. If you enable this setting, the Start Menu will set the power button to the chosen action, and not let the user change this action. If you set the button to either Sleep or Hibernate, and that state is not supported on a computer, then the button will fall back to Shut Down. If you disable or do not configure this setting, the Start Menu power button will be set to Shut Down by default, and the user can change this setting to another action.

Internal name
PowerButtonAction
Policy ID
313c4abb5e61
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.

ElementTypeRegistry mappingConstraints & behavior
Choose one of the following actions
ID PowerButtonActionDropdown
enum
HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\PowerButtonAction
Type REG_DWORD
Options: Shut Down (2), Sleep (16), Log off (1), Lock (512), Restart (4), Switch User (256), Hibernate (64)

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