Opening the lid of a laptop usually turns on the screen and as you close the lid, the screen should be turned off. But you can change these settings on your device. Follow this article to change what opening lid of your laptop does.
1. The easiest way to open the Run window is to press Windows key+R.
2. Copy–paste this command and hit Enter.
control.exe powercfg.cpl,,33. Now, in the Power Options window, click on “Power buttons and lid” to expand it.
4. Now, click on “Lid open action” and then click on “On battery:” and from the drop-down select what settings you want to enable on your computer. You can also change the settings in “Plugged in:“.
5. Now, click on “Apply” and “OK“.
Once you have saved the settings, close the Power Options window. Reboot your device.
What to do if Lid open action is Missing from Power Options
If you can not find the “Lid open action” in Power Options window, follow these steps-
Fix 1 – Using Registry editor
1. Press Windows key + R together to open registry editor.
2. Now, write regedit in it and click ok to open registry editor.
3. Once the registry editor opens up, just click on File and then click on export to create a backup first.
Now, go to the path given below.
4. Now, in the right side , just double click on Attributes and change the value data to 2.
Now, click on Ok and close the registry.
Fix 2 – Using powercfg command
If still you can’t find Lid open actions Try the steps below.
1. Press Windows key + R key together to Open a Run window.
2. Type “cmd” there and Press CTRL + SHIFT + Enter key together to open elevated command prompt.
2. Copy and paste this command in Command Prompt window and hit Enter to execute this command.
powercfg -attributes SUB_BUTTONS 99ff10e7-23b1-4c07-a9d1-5c3206d741b4 -ATTRIB_HIDENow, open the Power Options window, and re-attempt the steps again. You should be able to tweak what opening the lid of the laptop does.
Fix 3 – Restore Defaults in Power Options
Just Open power options again and click on restore defaults.
Note: – For lenovo users
Just start your PC and keep pressing the F2 button [Or whatever may be the dedicated key for going to BIOS] and go to BIOS.
Locate Flip to boot and Disable it.
Sambit is a Mechanical Engineer By qualification who loves to write about Windows 10 and solutions to weirdest possible problems.
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The Power On Lid Open is a new feature that is introduced on some of the newer Dell computers.
When a user opens the notebook, the system will be awakened or power on automatically. A user might not like this feature and want to disable it.
If you wish to Enable or Disable this feature, perform the following steps:
Note: When the Power On Lid Open option does not appear in the BIOS, your computer does not support this feature.
- Restart the computer, when the Dell logo appears, press F2 to go into the Setup menu.
- Depending on your BIOS version, either:
- Touch or click Power.
- Touch or click the plus sign to the left of Power Management.
- Depending on your BIOS version, either:
- Touch or click Power on Lid Open to toggle between enabling or disabling this feature [Figure 1].
[Figure 1. Power on Lid Open]
- Touch or click Power on Lid Open to toggle between enabling or disabling this feature [Figure 1].
- Touch or click Apply or Apply Changes and then OK [when offered].
- Touch or click Exit, the computer will reboot.
Dell G3 15 3500, Dell G5 15 5500, Dell G7 15 7500, Dell G7 17 7700, Inspiron 5390, Inspiron 7506 2-in-1, Inspiron 7590 2-in-1, Inspiron 7590, Inspiron 7591, Latitude 3301, Vostro 5390, Vostro 7590, XPS 13 9300
Last Published Date01 Dec 2021
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