topic Re: Laptop Lid Power Settings in VM in VMware Workstation Pro Discussions

Laptop Lid Power Settings in VM

EECUHD — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 21:03:31 GMT

I have a VM set up for Windows 11 all ready to go and I deploy the same image to laptops and desktops. Is there any way for me to change the VM itself to act as though it were a laptop? If not, is there some registry key that controls the laptop lid settings that I could add instead?

The goal is to set windows to "do nothing" when the lid closes, and to set it to never sleep while on AC power.

Re: Laptop Lid Power Settings in VM

CarltonR — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:23:52 GMT

Refer . . .

Make a Virtual Machine Think it's a Laptop

Re: Laptop Lid Power Settings in VM

EECUHD — Wed, 18 Oct 2023 20:58:34 GMT

I'll be honest, I'm not very good at coding, and even with some ChatGPT to assist I do not believe I can complete that within my deadline. I was hoping I could "trick" the VM into thinking it was a laptop so Windows will open the laptop lid/power settings menu so I can change it in the UI with just a few clicks. I know there's likely some registry key or an XML file I can use as well, I'm just having trouble finding exactly what I need.

Thank you for the post though! I'll try and translate that code into something I can use.