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prevent monitor switching when closing laptop lid

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Mar 15, 202646170 views
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I got one of those little lilliput external monitors for my laptop. When I close the lid on my laptop, it switches the primary display to external monitor. I want to prevent it from doing this, and instead just blank both screens but not alter the monitor configuration. I looked at the Power Option…

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Fix for: prevent monitor switching when closing laptop lid

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EDIT: I know this is an old question, but I thought it deserved a proper answer. There is a way to solve this problem (at least with Windows 7). Bear in mind that this comes with a cost; here are the caveats Closing your laptop lid will not dim or t…

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