Power button forced shutdown

Specifies the type of system shutdown that occurs when the system power button is pressed if the power button action is set to Shut Down.

Warning  If you enable this setting and a user presses the power button to shut down the system, any open documents might not be saved and data loss could occur.

Aliases and setting visibility

  • Windows Provisioning: Common\Power\Policy\Settings\Button\ForcedShutdown

  • PowerCfg: SHUTDOWN

  • GUID: 833a6b62-dfa4-46d1-82f8-e09e34d029d6

  • Hidden setting: Yes

Values

Index Name Description

0

Off

A normal system shutdown will occur.

1

On

A forced system shutdown will occur.

Applies to

Available in Windows 7 and later versions of Windows.