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   starting laptop when the lid is closed and power button outside: I have a hp laptop recently i bought a Samsung monitor I want to start the laptop I have to open the lid and then start . is there any way in which I can start the laptop when the lid is closed and my power button is outside please help...

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   How to power up laptop with lid closed? From hibernate or shut off.: Hello, first post here. I use my laptop with the lid closed, connected to an external monitor. Is there a way to power up the PC while it is shut off or in hibernation mode without opening the laptop? I have the laptop on a dock so it would be preferred to keep it closed. I...

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   How to power up laptop with lid closed? From hibernate or shut off.: Hello, first post here. I use my laptop with the lid closed, connected to an external monitor. Is there a way to power up the PC while it is shut off or in hibernation mode without opening the laptop? I have the laptop on a dock so it would be preferred to keep it closed. I...

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   turning on laptop with lid closed: I have an HP Spectre and use to two 4k monitors. How can I turn the laptop on without opening the lid? //answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/turning-on-laptop-with-lid-closed/f5b9171f-8310-4a33-93b0-2f1403b1d2fa

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   Close Lid Laptop Hibernates: Hi! I have followed the Advanced Power Settings threads and chose "Do Nothing" when I close the lid. That's not working! When I close the lid, the laptop hibernates and all the monitors go to sleep - it says no power connection! Please help!...

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   Display Closing Lid and Power Settings: I was wondering about if there was any way for a setting to be changed so that: -If my computer is hooked up to a display [monitor], it would not sleep when I close the lid -If my computer is not hooked up to a display [monitor], it would sleep when I close the lid...

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   VNC with laptop lid closed: I use a VNC service to remotely manage hundreds laptops that are stored in a HP laptop cart so they will charge and be connected to ethernet. They are used in a classroom environment and perform required support functions between classes and at night. We recently upgraded...

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   How to force shutdown on laptop lid close ?: Hi, I want to force a shutdown when the user close the laptop lid even if MSWord is open and the document was not saved. Any suggestion ? Regards 67302

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    Closing my laptop lid: Hello, I'm new to windows 10, just had it installed last week and so far, I like it. A problem I'm running into is when I close the lid on my laptop and then open it again after a while, it shuts down and goes to the hp screen. What I would like is, when I close the lid and...

I recently decided to connect my laptop to the monitor.

There was a small, yet annoying problem. I don't have a lot of space on my table, so I prefer to keep the laptop folded and perhaps even put something on top of it to utilize all the space available.

The problem with that is simple - you can't turn on the laptop with the lid/screen closed!

Yes, there are ways to wake up your laptop from the sleep with a keyboard, but that's not what I was looking for.

I like to turn off my laptop when not in use as well as the extension cord where it is plugged in. Because of that, the laptop can not be turned on with the keyboard.

This Instructable is for those people who have their laptops connected to the TV or a monitor - all the time.

We will have a look at a way to make an external power button for your laptop without doing any soldering.

If you are Interested in the video version of this Instructable and the embedded video does not appear on your mobile device, here is an alternative link

It can be annoying that every time you want to turn on the laptop, you have to open the lid/screen.

Because of that, you have to keep your laptop in an acceptable place.

Even if you would have your hand as thin as a paper, you would not be able to turn on the laptop.

Reason for that - A magnetic switch

There is a magnet under the screen's bezel [frame] and a magnetic switch in the base.

When the lid is shut, the magnet is close enough to the switch to activate it.

The magnetic switch will prevent the laptop from turning on by the accident, so it's good for when you travel.

Because of that, there is no way to turn on the laptop, even if you could reach the power button with the lid closed.

First thing we have to do is take out the magnet, so the laptop would think that the screen is opened all the time.

Check your laptop's disassembly guide. Usually it's a simple procedure.

On my Acer laptop, I only had to unscrew 2 screws and I was able to open the frame.

Find the magnet and remove it.

Now your laptop will think that the lid is opened all the time even when it's closed.

If you would press the power button, the laptop would turn on.

But you don't have your hands as thin as the paper, do you? :]

Now we need to find a way to press the power button with the lid closed.

Get a balloon pump and attach a small tube to it.

I used heat-shrink tubing to secure the tube to the pump.

Attach a balloon on the other end of the tube.

Press the pump and make sure that the balloon does not stay inflated for too long.

The air should escape.

If it does not, loosen the zip tie or make a small hole in the balloon.

Now put the balloon on top of the power button and close the lid.

When you want to turn on the laptop, just squeeze the pump.

The balloon will inflate a little bit and press the button.

Now you can keep your laptop closed and out of the way.

While it is not always necessary to run laptop with lid closed and connect it to an external monitor screen, in most cases, the laptop is connected to the external monitor when closing the lid. In this article, we will discuss two things:

1. How to connect the laptop to an external monitor along with audio output
2. How to close laptop and use external monitor

When we connect to an external display, we normally use the external display as an extension to the laptop LCD. If it is not required and we only use an external display, it would be better to close the laptop lid to save power and extend the laptop battery.

Also check how to fix battery draining fast when the laptop lid is closed.

How to close laptop lid and use monitor without going to sleep or hibernate

After connecting your Windows laptop with the monitor, you would want to close the lid of your laptop but not let it shutdown as it will stop displaying everything on the monitor and furthermore it also helps you to save some battery on your laptop.

There are multiple ways to configure laptop lid settings. We will discuss three ways here. Please note that all the methods discussed below can be used for Windows 11 and Windows 10 and even Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.

How to close your laptop lid and use a monitor [Power Options]

You can configure the laptop lid close action settings in Power Options. Here’s how to use a monitor with your laptop closed:

1. Open Control Panel, go to Hardware and Sound and select Power Options.
   
2. From the left hand menu, select “Choose what closing the lid does”. Power options for lid closing open.
3. In the drop down options of “when I close the lid” select “Do nothing”.
   
4. Click Save changes button.

Now you can close the lid and still the display on the external display won’t be disturbed and the system keeps on running. This is the easiest way to run a laptop with lid closed.

Once this setting is configured, your monitor will not shut off when you close the laptop lid. The laptop will not go to sleep when you close its lid.

Step by step instructions to close laptop and work on monitor

How to close your laptop lid and use a monitor [Command Line]

You can also set the lid close action to “do nothing” using Command Prompt. Here’s the command to set lid close action for using an external monitor:

Open cmd and run the following command if your laptop is plugged into the power socket.

powercfg /setacvalueindex scheme_current sub_buttons lidaction 0

Run the following command if your laptop is not charging [running on battery]

powercfg /setdcvalueindex scheme_current sub_buttons lidaction 0

You may change the integer value at the end of the command to the following for the associated action:

• 0 – Do nothing
• 1 – Sleep
• 2 – Hibernate
• 3 – Shut down

Configure lid close action settings using a script

You can also use a pre-configured script to change the actions for closing your laptop’s lid instantaneously. The script was created and then shared on Microsoft Technet Gallery for the public to use.

This is especially useful for the people who frequently like to change between their settings, such as sometimes putting their computer to sleep by closing their lids and sometimes letting it run.

1. Download the script and place the file in a location you can easily access using Command Prompt.
2. Open Command Prompt as an Administrator and change the directory to where the script is placed.
3. Now enter either of the commands to change the action to close the lid:
   1. To configure the action to “do nothing” upon closing the lid, enter:
      lid on
      
   2. To configure the action to “Sleep” upon closing the lid, enter:
      lid off
      

Here are a few more settings related to laptop lid closing action:

1. Connect the laptop to an external monitor
2. Change display settings to enable 2nd display
3. Adjust audio settings according to the second screen monitor

Connect laptop to monitor as external display

To connect your laptop with the screen you need to have a cable that connects the laptop with the external monitor, this cable is called an HDMI cable. While you can also use other means to connect to an external display like VGA, DisplayPort and DVI port, HDMI is the most used digital port of all.

HDMI External Port – Male

Both the monitor and the laptop need HDMI connector port. Just insert one side in your laptop and the other into the monitor and everything on your laptop is now displayed on the monitor as well.

HDMI port – Female

Change Display Settings to enable second display

To make changes to the display, press Windows Key + P that will open the Project menu. You will see four options:

1. PC Screen only
2. Duplicate
3. Extend
4. Second screen only

All options are pretty self-explanatory. To connect to an external display and turn off the laptop display, you will select the fourth option “Second screen only”.

Laptop screen is always the primary screen by default. It will be disabled when the second screen only option is selected.

Project an additional screen in Windows 10

Adjust the audio output settings for external monitor

The advantage of using HDMI is that you can also stream audio through the monitor device. For example, if you are connecting an LED TV, it will have the capability of streaming audio in addition to video from the laptop. Just follow the steps below to enable audio through HDMI device.

1. Right-click the speaker icon on the task bar
2. Select playback devices and a small window will appear with sound options
3. Select  Digital Audio HDMI
4. Right click and click on set default.

Now you will get the sound from the monitor if it has a speaker or an audio/video peripheral.

Volume Mixer

Create an audio device as default in Windows 10

You can also extend and use the second laptop screen as a monitor in Windows 10.

For me this option is very useful as I keep my laptop running all the time. I have selected to do nothing when I close the lid while the laptop is connected to the power source. This helps me save power as well as use external monitor, speakers, keyboard and mouse.

One thing to note here is that if you restart your Windows computer, it will detect and activate the primary screen which is the laptop screen. The secondary screen will automatically get activated and the laptop screen will be turned off on the logon screen. So if you have a broken laptop screen, it will be difficult to start the computer as the laptop will always detect its own LCD as the primary display and will try to activate it until the system is fully booted.

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