Policy
Allow automatic sleep with Open Network Files (on battery)
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016
This policy setting allows you to manage automatic sleep with open network files. If you enable this policy setting, the computer automatically sleeps when network files are open. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the computer does not automatically sleep when network files are open.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
| Registry location | Type | Enabled value | Disabled value |
|---|---|---|---|
| HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\d4c1d4c8-d5cc-43d3-b83e-fc51215cb04d\DCSettingIndex | REG_DWORD | 1 | 0 |
Policy elements
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This policy has no additional user input fields.
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