The Enable forced button/lid shutdown power plan setting in Power Options specifies the type of system shutdown that occurs when the lid is closed or the power button is pressed if the Lid close action and/or Power button action is set to Shut down.
When Enable forced button/lid shutdown is turned off (default), a normal full shutdown of the computer is performed.
When Enable forced button/lid shutdown is turned on, a forced shutdown of the computer is performed. This forces running apps to close, and then performs a full shutdown of the computer. Any open documents might not be saved and data loss could occur.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off “Enable forced button/lid shutdown” in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
The lid switch close action specifies the action to take when the system lid is closed.
Users can specify one of the following actions to take:
This tutorial will show you how to change the default action to take when closing the lid of your laptop in Windows 10 and Windows 11.