Select the Start menu Power button action (on battery)

Policy ID: DCStartMenuButtonAction_2
Scope: Computer Configuration
Supported on: Windows Vista only
Source: Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
Category: System › Power Management › Button Settings

Description

This policy setting specifies the action that Windows takes when a user presses the Start menu Power button.

If you enable this policy setting, select one of the following actions:
-Sleep
-Hibernate
-Shut down

If you disable this policy or do not configure this policy setting, users control this setting.

ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE