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How do I prevent my laptop from shutting down when undocking?

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Mar 15, 202652841 views
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The Laptop is an HP EliteBook 8540p running Windows 7 Professional. OS updates are applied regularly via Windows Update and the machine is currently fully up to date. Recently, when undocking the laptop it has started initiating the shutdown sequence. The "waiting on applications to close" box pops…

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I finally stumbled across something that seemed to work, though it was for a newer model HP elitebook running Win 7 Pro 64-bit. In this case, the 'Power Options' settings options seemed to trigger the 'when I close the lid' action upon being undocke…

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