Many users close their laptop’s lid to pause their work. By default, your Windows 11 PC goes to sleep mode after closing the lid. But you may need to keep the laptop open if you are listening to music or want to keepthe second screenon.
It’s very easy to change the lid close action settings. There are many methods but they all take less than a minute to execute. you may also change the setting for plugged-in or on battery power modes separately.
How To Keep Laptop On When Lid is Closed
There are many ways to keep the laptop on with a closed lid, but they have different precedence. So pick any one you prefer after going through the methods below.
Through Power Options
Using the Power Options is the usual way to change any power configurations. you may set your laptop to be on with a closed lid for all or a specific power plan.
Here are the steps to set to keep the laptop on when you exit the lid:
For Specific Power Plan
The necessary steps for this process are as follows:
If you don’t findthe Power buttonsand lid option, access the elevated Command Prompt and enter the following command:
Using Group Policy Editor
you may also change the lid close action by altering the relevant policy settings. Such policies have higher precedence over the Power Options settings and apply to all Power plans.
Another way to set the lid close action to do nothing is to change in its registry configuration. you may do so by using the Registry Editor. This method also takes precedence over the Power Options settings or the CLI. But if you change the Group Policy after tweaking your registry entries, the group policy will overwrite the entries after a reboot.
First, make abackup of your registryto account for undesirable issues. Then, follow the instructions below:
You don’t need to create the keys and entries if they already exist. If you find it daunting to carry out all these steps, you may create a.regfile and open it to make these changes. To do so,
