Select the Lid Switch Action on Battery

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.

Supported on: At least Windows Vista

Lid Switch Action

Take no Action

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\5CA83367-6E45-459F-A27B-476B1D01C936
Value Name	DCSettingIndex
Value Type	REG_DWORD
Value	0

Sleep

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\5CA83367-6E45-459F-A27B-476B1D01C936
Value Name	DCSettingIndex
Value Type	REG_DWORD
Value	1

Hibernate

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\5CA83367-6E45-459F-A27B-476B1D01C936
Value Name	DCSettingIndex
Value Type	REG_DWORD
Value	2

Shut Down

Registry Hive	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
Registry Path	Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\5CA83367-6E45-459F-A27B-476B1D01C936
Value Name	DCSettingIndex
Value Type	REG_DWORD
Value	3