When I wake my PC from sleeping the start menu always automatically opens

FatherTime · Feb 12, 2024

When I put my PC to sleep and then turn it on and wake it, the start menu always automatically opens like this.

How can I fix the issue and stop windows menu from automatically open from waking?

EDIT: Added windows build/version

Kees · Feb 12, 2024

It may be worthwhile to mention how you do the waking up.
- By a mouse click
- By hitting a key on the keyboard
- By pressing the on/off switch of the computer
- Or whatever more is possible to wake the computer from sleep.

Does it make a difference if you use another way to awake the computer?

FatherTime · Feb 12, 2024

Kees said:
It may be worthwhile to mention how you do the waking up.
- By a mouse click
- By hitting a key on the keyboard
- By pressing the on/off switch of the computer
- Or whatever more is possible to wake the computer from sleep.

Does it make a difference if you use another way to awake the computer?

I wake the PC by pressing the power button and then hitting a key to unlock then type password/passcode.

Kees · Feb 12, 2024

FatherTime said:
...then hitting a key to unlock...

If you use the windows key for that, it may be logical, but if you use the space bar or any other key, I would not know why the start menu would open automatically.

Did you change anything on the system (was it OK earlier)?
Do you use a program to modify the keyboard layout? Do you use hotkeys?
Do you use any program to change the behaviour of Windows, like ExplorerPatcher or StartAllback?

All information that has to do with the settings of your computer might help to guess what's wrong...

FatherTime · Feb 12, 2024

Kees said:
If you use the windows key for that, it may be logical, but if you use the space bar or any other key, I would not know why the start menu would open automatically.

Did you change anything on the system (was it OK earlier)?
Do you use a program to modify the keyboard layout? Do you use hotkeys?
Do you use any program to change the behaviour of Windows, like ExplorerPatcher or StartAllback?

All information that has to do with the settings of your computer might help to guess what's wrong...

As far as I know, I haven't changed anything on the system. I don't use any hotkeys or modified keyboard layout and I don't have any program that would change the behavior of windows.

I think when I put the machine to sleep via the start menu, the start menu stays open until I wake the PC.

hdmi · Feb 12, 2024

Start Menu always opening up after Sleep or Hibernate in Windows 11/10

If you are concerned about the facts that the Windows Start Menu always opens up after your computer comes out of Sleep Mode or Hibernation, see this post.

www.thewindowsclub.com

FatherTime · Feb 12, 2024

hdmi said:
Start Menu always opening up after Sleep or Hibernate in Windows 11/10

If you are concerned about the facts that the Windows Start Menu always opens up after your computer comes out of Sleep Mode or Hibernation, see this post.

www.thewindowsclub.com

Alright, thought it was some bug or something.

Kees · Feb 12, 2024

I did not know that, because I have assigned a dedicated key on the keyboard to command the computer to go sleeping.
That's why I thought it had to do with the way you awake the computer, but it apparently has to do with the way you get it into sleep.
The command I assigned to a dedicated key: %windir%System32rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

You could assign the power button as well to get the computer into sleep.
You find a tutorial for that here:

Change Power Button Action in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to change the default action to take when pressing the power button in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The power button action setting lets users specify the default action to take when the system hardware power button on the PC is pressed. Users can specify one of...

www.elevenforum.com

FatherTime · Feb 12, 2024

Kees said:
I did not know that, because I have assigned a dedicated key on the keyboard to command the computer to go sleeping.
That's why I thought it had to do with the way you awake the computer, but it apparently has to do with the way you get it into sleep.
The command I assigned to a dedicated key: %windir%System32rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

You could assign the power button as well to get the computer into sleep.
You find a tutorial for that here:

Change Power Button Action in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to change the default action to take when pressing the power button in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The power button action setting lets users specify the default action to take when the system hardware power button on the PC is pressed. Users can specify one of...

www.elevenforum.com

Yeah, I was mainly a laptop user who uses the power button to put the laptop into sleep. I bought a PC around a few months ago and used sleep function from Windows Start Menu. Also, thanks for the tutorial. Will check it out.

hdmi · Feb 12, 2024

Another way to avoid this is to use Open-Shell. It has tons of customization options.

hdmi · Feb 12, 2024

Kees said:
The command I assigned to a dedicated key: %windir%System32rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

This command puts the computer in hibernation instead of sleep if hibernate is set to enabled. To avoid that, a powershell command can be used. Sleep Computer in Windows 11 Tutorial
Alternatively, you can write a command that runs this tool with the parameters you need: PsShutdown - Sysinternals

Kees · Feb 12, 2024

hdmi said:
This command puts the computer in hibernation instead of sleep if hibernate is set to enabled.

I was not aware of that, because I always disable hibernation as soon as when a PC is taken in use. Only already to spare SSD space...

I nowadays use AutoHotkey and there the command is:
(Preset Key):: DllCall("PowrProf\SetSuspendState", "Int", 0, "Int", 0, "Int", 0)
But I don't even know if that's sleep or hibernation...