How to Add Missing 'Lid Open Action' from Power Options in Windows 10? Step 1: Click on the 'Search Box,' and then do a search for 'cmd' without quotes.
How to Add Missing 'Lid Open Action' from Power Options in Windows 10? Step 1: Click on the 'Search Box,' and then do a search for 'cmd' without quotes. Step 2: Right Click on 'Command Prompt' App, and then click on 'Run as Administrator.' Step 3: Type the below command, and then hit 'Enter' key on the keyboard. Just like laptop lid setting, Windows 10 also offers a way to customize your laptop settings for the power button, you can choose from sleep, shutdown, hibernate or display off. You must evaluate and weigh in your battery life while changing laptop lid settings on Windows 10.
Your Laptop can be configured to automatically open when the lid is lifted and shut down when the lid is closed. You will find below the steps to Open and Close Laptop Using Lid in Windows 10.
Open and Close Laptop Using Lid in Windows 10
Configuring the Laptop to open and close using Lid can be useful for students, mobile banking professionals and others who move around with their Laptops.
This feature eliminates the need to press the Power button to start the computer and also ensures that your Laptop is Powered OFF when you close the Lid and place your Laptop in its carry bag.
You may not find this feature on many older Laptops and it may not also be available on some newer Laptops due to hardware and driver limitations.
Also on some Laptops, only the option to close Laptop using Lid is made available, while the option to open Laptop when the Lid is lifted is kept hidden.
1. Open Laptop When Lid Open
Follow the steps below to make your Laptop open when the Lid is lifted.
1. Open Settings on your computer and click on the System icon.
2. On the next screen, click on Power & Sleep in the left pane. In the right-pane, scroll down and click on Additional Power Settings link, located under ‘Related Settings’ section.
3. On Power Options screen, click on Change Plan Settings link, located next to current active Power plan on your computer.
4. On Edit Plan Settings screen, click on Change Advanced Power Settings Apachefriends xampp version 1.8.3. Link.
5. On Power Options screen, expand Power buttons & lid entry > expand Lid open action and select Turn on the display option for battery and Plugged in.
6. Click on Apply and OK to apply these new settings on your computer.
2. Shut Down Laptop When Lid Closed
Follow the steps below to make your Laptop shut down when the Lid is closed.
1. Go to Settings > System > click on Power & Sleep in the left pane. In the right-pane, scroll down and click on Additional Power Settings link, located under ‘Related Settings’ section.
2. On Power Options screen, click on Change Plan Settings link, located right next to currently activate power plan on your computer.
3. On Edit Plan Settings screen, click on Change Advanced Power Settings Link.
4. On Power Options screen, expand Power buttons & lid entry > expand Lid close action and select Shut down option for battery and Plugged in.
5. Click on Apply and OK to save these settings on your Laptop.
3. Unhide Lid Open Action in Windows 10
If the Lid Open Action is not available on your Laptop, it is likely that this option might be hidden on your computer.
1. Right-click on Start button and click on Command Prompt (Admin) option.
2. In the command prompt screen, type powercfg -attributes SUB_BUTTONS 99ff10e7-23b1-4c07-a9d1-5c3206d741b4 -ATTRIB_HIDE and press the Enter button on the keyboard of your laptop.
3. When this command is executed, you won’t receive a confirmation, but Lid Open Action will be immediately added to the Power Options screen on your computer.
After the Lid Open Option is enabled, you can follow the steps to Open or Shut Down Laptop using the Lid.
Lid Open Action In Windows 10
Note: If the above command did not add the Lid Open Action, you might be able to enable this option by going to BIOS settings of your computer.
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.
Laptop Turns On When I Open Lid
2. Copy–paste this command and hit Enter.
3. 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.
NOTE–
Download mac terminal for windows. If you can not find the “Lid open action” in Power Options window, follow these steps-
1. Open a Run window.
2. Type “cmd” there and Press CTRL + SHIFT + Enter key together to open elevated command prompt.
2. Copy andpaste this command in Command Prompt window and hit Enter to execute this command.
Now, 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.
Sambit is a Mechanical Engineer By qualification who loves to write about Windows 10 and solutions to weirdest possible problems.