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Windows 10: How to Lock (not sleep) laptop on lid close?

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If my laptop is plugged in I want closing the lid to automatically lock the computer, without putting it to sleep. I don't see an option to do this in Power Options:

Is there a hack to achieve this?

windows-10 laptop lock-screen lid

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  This is generally a bad idea: your laptop dissipates a good deal of heat through the keyboard, and if you leave the computer running with the lid closed, you risk overheating things.
  
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  @Mark: ...and yet you can set it to keep running full blast when you close the lid, without frying anything.
  
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4

If my laptop is plugged in I want closing the lid to automatically lock the computer, without putting it to sleep. I don't see an option to do this in Power Options:

Is there a hack to achieve this?

windows-10 laptop lock-screen lid

share|improve this question

edited Apr 12 at 17:51

feetwet

asked Apr 12 at 16:57

feetwetfeetwet

297418

• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This is generally a bad idea: your laptop dissipates a good deal of heat through the keyboard, and if you leave the computer running with the lid closed, you risk overheating things.
  
  – Mark
  Apr 12 at 21:23
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  17
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Mark: ...and yet you can set it to keep running full blast when you close the lid, without frying anything.
  
  – Sean
  Apr 13 at 3:26
  

  
  
  
  

add a comment | 

If my laptop is plugged in I want closing the lid to automatically lock the computer, without putting it to sleep. I don't see an option to do this in Power Options:

Is there a hack to achieve this?

windows-10 laptop lock-screen lid

share|improve this question

edited Apr 12 at 17:51

feetwet

asked Apr 12 at 16:57

feetwetfeetwet

297418

share|improve this question

edited Apr 12 at 17:51

feetwet

asked Apr 12 at 16:57

feetwetfeetwet

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edited Apr 12 at 17:51

feetwet

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feetwetfeetwet

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As far as I know, there is no built-in function to achieve this. But you can do this using a third party tool.

One of them is LapLock. This program is a lightweight (<50KB), open source tool and it's developed by Etienne Dechamps.

Steps...

1. Download the program - https://github.com/dechamps/laplock/releases
   ^{(Download the latest laplock.exe release)}




2. Open the Windows Startup folder by using this run command - 'shell:common startup'




3. Add laplock.exe to your Startup folder.

You can also use Lid Lock to do this.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:26

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answered Apr 12 at 17:52

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Set "Do Nothing",
lock your laptop using Windows key+L, and then you can close the lid.

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  This is the most practical solution. I am always suspicious of any software that chooses to customize something which Windows has built in. I'm looking at you pre-installed "WiFi Booster/manager" crapware!
  
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  Apr 12 at 19:09
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  It would seem this should be something you can configure in the registry (if not, Microsoft should make it so).
  
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  OP: I want closing the lid to automatically lock the computer so this doesn't answer the question.
  
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  Please do NOT upvote an answer without reading it carefully. This does NOT answer the question and should be DOWN voted (and I would be willing to bet the OP knows he can manually lock his computer before closing the lid) . The site's value diminishes for everyone if we push non-answers to the top by upvoting them.
  
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  Apr 14 at 17:16
  
  

  
  
  
  


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  I'm downvoting this answer because it does not answer the question "how to automatically lock the computer"
  
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  Apr 15 at 1:35
  

  
  
  
  

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Two steps:

• Capture the close lid event.


• Trigger a lock-screen event.

See: Capturing laptop lid closing event in windows?, and Command-line (cmd) command to lock a windows machine.

From those sources, we can use RegisterPowerSettingNotification and GUID_LIDSWITCH_STATE_CHANGE to detect the trigger, and run:

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation 

from the command line to send a lock screen request to the machine.

I don't know what compilers you have available, or what languages you know, but this information should help you set up a program to do it for you.

I don't use Windows myself, so I can't build or test it for you.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:32

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answered Apr 14 at 12:26

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As far as I know, there is no built-in function to achieve this. But you can do this using a third party tool.

One of them is LapLock. This program is a lightweight (<50KB), open source tool and it's developed by Etienne Dechamps.

Steps...

1. Download the program - https://github.com/dechamps/laplock/releases
   ^{(Download the latest laplock.exe release)}




2. Open the Windows Startup folder by using this run command - 'shell:common startup'




3. Add laplock.exe to your Startup folder.

You can also use Lid Lock to do this.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:26

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answered Apr 12 at 17:52

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add a comment | 

20

As far as I know, there is no built-in function to achieve this. But you can do this using a third party tool.

One of them is LapLock. This program is a lightweight (<50KB), open source tool and it's developed by Etienne Dechamps.

Steps...

1. Download the program - https://github.com/dechamps/laplock/releases
   ^{(Download the latest laplock.exe release)}




2. Open the Windows Startup folder by using this run command - 'shell:common startup'




3. Add laplock.exe to your Startup folder.

You can also use Lid Lock to do this.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:26

fixer1234

19.6k145083

answered Apr 12 at 17:52

DxTxDxTx

641317

add a comment | 

As far as I know, there is no built-in function to achieve this. But you can do this using a third party tool.

One of them is LapLock. This program is a lightweight (<50KB), open source tool and it's developed by Etienne Dechamps.

Steps...

1. Download the program - https://github.com/dechamps/laplock/releases
   ^{(Download the latest laplock.exe release)}




2. Open the Windows Startup folder by using this run command - 'shell:common startup'




3. Add laplock.exe to your Startup folder.

You can also use Lid Lock to do this.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:26

fixer1234

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answered Apr 12 at 17:52

DxTxDxTx

641317

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edited Apr 14 at 19:26

fixer1234

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answered Apr 12 at 17:52

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Set "Do Nothing",
lock your laptop using Windows key+L, and then you can close the lid.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 12 at 18:08

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  15
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  This is the most practical solution. I am always suspicious of any software that chooses to customize something which Windows has built in. I'm looking at you pre-installed "WiFi Booster/manager" crapware!
  
  – MonkeyZeus
  Apr 12 at 19:09
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It would seem this should be something you can configure in the registry (if not, Microsoft should make it so).
  
  – Jonathan
  Apr 12 at 20:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  15
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  OP: I want closing the lid to automatically lock the computer so this doesn't answer the question.
  
  – Agent_L
  Apr 13 at 15:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Please do NOT upvote an answer without reading it carefully. This does NOT answer the question and should be DOWN voted (and I would be willing to bet the OP knows he can manually lock his computer before closing the lid) . The site's value diminishes for everyone if we push non-answers to the top by upvoting them.
  
  – Jon Bentley
  Apr 14 at 17:16
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I'm downvoting this answer because it does not answer the question "how to automatically lock the computer"
  
  – BurnsBA
  Apr 15 at 1:35
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 7 more comments

17

Set "Do Nothing",
lock your laptop using Windows key+L, and then you can close the lid.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 12 at 18:08

GabrielaGarcia

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answered Apr 12 at 17:27

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  This is the most practical solution. I am always suspicious of any software that chooses to customize something which Windows has built in. I'm looking at you pre-installed "WiFi Booster/manager" crapware!
  
  – MonkeyZeus
  Apr 12 at 19:09
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It would seem this should be something you can configure in the registry (if not, Microsoft should make it so).
  
  – Jonathan
  Apr 12 at 20:40
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  15
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  OP: I want closing the lid to automatically lock the computer so this doesn't answer the question.
  
  – Agent_L
  Apr 13 at 15:39
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  6
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Please do NOT upvote an answer without reading it carefully. This does NOT answer the question and should be DOWN voted (and I would be willing to bet the OP knows he can manually lock his computer before closing the lid) . The site's value diminishes for everyone if we push non-answers to the top by upvoting them.
  
  – Jon Bentley
  Apr 14 at 17:16
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  3
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I'm downvoting this answer because it does not answer the question "how to automatically lock the computer"
  
  – BurnsBA
  Apr 15 at 1:35
  

  
  
  
  

 | 
show 7 more comments

Set "Do Nothing",
lock your laptop using Windows key+L, and then you can close the lid.

share|improve this answer

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Two steps:

• Capture the close lid event.


• Trigger a lock-screen event.

See: Capturing laptop lid closing event in windows?, and Command-line (cmd) command to lock a windows machine.

From those sources, we can use RegisterPowerSettingNotification and GUID_LIDSWITCH_STATE_CHANGE to detect the trigger, and run:

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation 

from the command line to send a lock screen request to the machine.

I don't know what compilers you have available, or what languages you know, but this information should help you set up a program to do it for you.

I don't use Windows myself, so I can't build or test it for you.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:32

fixer1234

19.6k145083

answered Apr 14 at 12:26

mazunkimazunki

2005

add a comment | 

8

Two steps:

• Capture the close lid event.


• Trigger a lock-screen event.

See: Capturing laptop lid closing event in windows?, and Command-line (cmd) command to lock a windows machine.

From those sources, we can use RegisterPowerSettingNotification and GUID_LIDSWITCH_STATE_CHANGE to detect the trigger, and run:

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation 

from the command line to send a lock screen request to the machine.

I don't know what compilers you have available, or what languages you know, but this information should help you set up a program to do it for you.

I don't use Windows myself, so I can't build or test it for you.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:32

fixer1234

19.6k145083

answered Apr 14 at 12:26

mazunkimazunki

2005

add a comment | 

Two steps:

• Capture the close lid event.


• Trigger a lock-screen event.

See: Capturing laptop lid closing event in windows?, and Command-line (cmd) command to lock a windows machine.

From those sources, we can use RegisterPowerSettingNotification and GUID_LIDSWITCH_STATE_CHANGE to detect the trigger, and run:

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation 

from the command line to send a lock screen request to the machine.

I don't know what compilers you have available, or what languages you know, but this information should help you set up a program to do it for you.

I don't use Windows myself, so I can't build or test it for you.

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:32

fixer1234

19.6k145083

answered Apr 14 at 12:26

mazunkimazunki

2005

rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation 

share|improve this answer

edited Apr 14 at 19:32

fixer1234

19.6k145083

answered Apr 14 at 12:26

mazunkimazunki

2005

edited Apr 14 at 19:32

fixer1234

19.6k145083

edited Apr 14 at 19:32

fixer1234

19.6k145083

answered Apr 14 at 12:26

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2005

answered Apr 14 at 12:26

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2005