Shutdown + closing laptop lid

[matejdro]

I have my laptop set to sleep when i close laptop lid.

But problem is, when i shut down my laptop, i have to leave it open. Otherwise it will go to standby in the middle of shutdown process.

Is there any way to disable sleep when shutting down, so i can close lid immediately after pressing shut down button?

 

[fafhrd]

Sometimes people install windows without fully reinstating the manufacturer's drivers and can't work out why they have not got various power options - just a general observation.

If you have all your manufacturers chipset drivers installed, windows 7 power configuration for Power buttons and Lid is found deep in the Advanced Power Options of the Edit Power Plan Settings, from the Control Panel applet, Power Options.

Another way is to take yourself to the Control Panel>All Control Panel Items>Power Options>System Settings screen.

Each power plan can be configured to behave differently, so you may have to do this for both battery and plugged in options. It is fairly straightforward with options Sleep, Shut down and Do nothing.

If you set shutdown or standby from the start menu, the do nothing option is for you.

 

[matejdro]

I don't think you understand the problem. Probably my fault.

If i close lid while windows is shutting down, it will go into standby. I want it to sleep when lid closes, but i don't want it to sleep when it's shutting down.

 

[TCG]

Sorry for being blunt, but is there any reason you can't just wait the extra 20"ish" seconds for it to shut down properly before going about your business?

 

[matejdro]

No reason really, but i like to close laptop after pressing shut down.

It's not really important, but it would be nice if there is some way to fix that.

 

[johnnya]

I drove into my garage the other day and shut down the engine while it was still rolling ahead. Darn if it didn't crash into the back wall and caused a lot of damage. Stupid car manufactures, can't they fix that problem? lol

 

[matejdro]

What a great comparison. Closing lid vs turning off car. Closing lid cannot cause damage, it's like turning off monitor at PC.

 

[WebMattR]

What a great comparison. Closing lid vs turning off car. Closing lid cannot cause damage, it's like turning off monitor at PC.

Actually, repeatedly shunting your machine into sleep mode when it's attempting to shut things off is VERY prone to causing damage. I see machines bluescreen far more often than I'd like because of precisely this.

 

[matejdro]

That's why I'm looking for solution for that.

What is the point of having sleep mode triggers still active after you order your system to shutdown?

 

[kool1zero]

i would suggest making it hibernate instead of sleep when you shut the lid, because it takes longer to hibernante than sleep so the shutdown procedure can stop the hibernation process and shutdown

 

[matejdro]

Looks like that I'm not the only one with that issue

Closing laptop should NOT hibernate after shutdown has been ordered - Windows 7 Taskforce

 

[fafhrd]

Microsoft do all they can to accommodate different user preferences, but they haven't mastered the "...read the user's mind to find out what they want to do this time..." problem.

It is expected to be here by Windows 11, about 4 years after it becomes incorporated it in Winbuntu 20.10

 

[DeaconFrost]

When the laptop is in it's "shutdown" processes, it isn't fully shutdown, so it will register things like a lid closing. It isn't an issue at all...it's doing what it is supposed to do. An OS can't make up for a user's impatience. Trust me, if it could, as an IT Manager, I'd be using that OS for years now. If you can't wait that long and are really that impatient, then follow the above steps for using hibernate. If you want to let your laptop shutdown...let it shutdown. Simple as that. Shutting down takes longer, because it does more and has more processes to do. Simple as that.

 

[WebMattR]

That's why I'm looking for solution for that.

What is the point of having sleep mode triggers still active after you order your system to shutdown?

It's because your machine is still executing the command to shut off system processes, and the sleep mode, afaik, is read as an "interrupt" command, and orders the system to sleep, regardless of what it's doing at present. I don't there's an actual way to "fix" this, other than being patient.

I suppose you could go for a Solid State Drive, which would improve boot/shutdown times, but it won't by any means solve it.

 

[MacGyvr]

*sigh*....why not just have it shut down when you close the lid and don't push the button at all?

 

[hagimostafa]

I drove into my garage the other day and shut down the engine while it was still rolling ahead. Darn if it didn't crash into the back wall and caused a lot of damage. Stupid car manufactures, can't they fix that problem? lol

laughed for a couple of minutes!

 

[gregrocker]

I concur that the solution is likely Hibernate for closing the lid, as it works perfectly in WIn7 to save your work then effectively Shut down, but starts up twice as fast or faster.

It's not really even necessary to Shut Down as if you have Updates prompting for a Restart just act on those when you get to them.

Sleep is a bad choice for suspending because it drains power which can cause issues if it runs down the battery unnoticed.

 

[Miwca]

I see that this post is rather old but maybe someone is still subscribed to it. I found this from google and from a Enterprise standpoint this is a rather big problem, especially when using roaming profile. We've dragged this through Microsoft and basically just got a link with the ID of the power event that occurs when you close the lid.

I developed a Windows Service that handles the "Close lid action" and this seems to be the only way to get what you are asking for if you don't want to lose the normal functionality when closing the lid. I made a light version on my free time which I have put up on the internet, so if you are looking for a way to get around this you could check out En helt ny inriktning - Miwca.se which sadly is written in Swedish, but the code speaks for itself. Just add whatever you need and compile it.

It is a legit problem and there's no need to be an asshole when someone asks a question. Sadly it seems like only way to get around this today is to code yourself to a solution.

It might be 2 years late, but I hope you got your answer! *Goes back to lurking in the shadow*

 

[gregrocker]

Thanks for updating the thread. I still think Hibernate is the best all-around solution as it is a sounder sleep that precludes the need to either Shut Down (it does that after saving your work) or Sleep (It doesn't use power but still starts up nearly as fast).

If you only have your laptop set to sleep and go away for six months, it has powered the RAM the entire time. Hibernate does not - it is as shut down as Shutdown, but saves your work to hard drive and starts up in half the time.

 

[sh4dow]

It is a legit problem and there's no need to be an asshole when someone asks a question. Sadly it seems like only way to get around this today is to code yourself to a solution.

I wholeheartedly agree. I don't post much but often find solutions via Google on this forum. But the responses here have just been weirdly unreasonable and juvenile.

I don't get why a lot of people are so passionate about defending unnecessary crap, like shitty UI "improvements" or this issue.

lid_close_event()
   if shutting_down
      return

Microsoft is too dumb/lazy to do something that simple that would make the use of millions of laptops a bit more comfortable and that really should have always been there and that's not worth complaining about?

*Goes back to lurking in the shadow*

Hehe