Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System Description
This policy setting allows you to configure whether power is automatically turned off when Windows shutdown completes. This setting does not affect Windows shutdown behavior when shutdown is manually selected using the Start menu or Task Manager user interfaces. Applications such as UPS software may rely on Windows shutdown behavior. This setting is only applicable when Windows shutdown is initiated by software programs invoking the Windows programming interfaces ExitWindowsEx() or InitiateSystemShutdown(). If you enable this policy setting, the computer system safely shuts down and remains in a powered state, ready for power to be safely removed. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, the computer system safely shuts down to a fully powered-off state.
Registry
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT Value name: DontPowerOffAfterShutdown
MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/Dont_PowerOff_AfterShutdown Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT]
"DontPowerOffAfterShutdown"=dword:00000001More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DontPowerOffAfterShutdown' -Value 1 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/Dont_PowerOff_AfterShutdown
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT' -Name 'DontPowerOffAfterShutdown' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DontPowerOffAfterShutdown' -Value 1 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT' -Name 'DontPowerOffAfterShutdown' -Expected 1 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Do not turn off system power after a Windows system shutdown has occurred.
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Server 2003 operating systems or Windows XP Professional with SP1
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows NT'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DontPowerOffAfterShutdown' -Value 1 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.