{"id":1283,"date":"2013-12-02T18:18:53","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T12:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=1283"},"modified":"2021-05-14T20:22:40","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T14:52:40","slug":"restore-hibernate-option-winx-menu-windows-8-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/restore-hibernate-option-winx-menu-windows-8-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Restore “Hibernate” to the Start Menu in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Power user menu (Win<\/kbd> + X<\/kbd>) and the Start menu power button do not display Hibernate option by default in Windows 8 and Windows 10. However, the option can be enabled via the Power Options Control Panel, using these steps:<\/p>\n

Restore Hibernate Option to the Start & Win + X Menu<\/h2>\n
    \n
  1. Press Win<\/kbd> + R<\/kbd>, type powercfg.cpl<\/code> and press ENTER<\/kbd><\/li>\n
  2. Click Choose what the power button does
    \n
    \n<\/b><\/li>\n
  3. Click Change settings that are currently unavailable<\/b><\/li>\n
  4. Under Shutdown settings<\/b>, enable the Hibernate<\/strong> checkbox (Show in Power menu.)
    \n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Hibernate option is now back in the Win<\/kbd> + X<\/kbd> menu as well as the Start menu Power button.<\/p>\n

    <\/p>\n

    Equivalent registry setting<\/h3>\n
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\FlyoutMenuSettings]\r\n\"ShowSleepOption\"=dword:00000001\r\n\"ShowHibernateOption\"=dword:00000001\r\n\"ShowLockOption\"=dword:00000001<\/pre>\n
    The above .reg file<\/a> enables the Sleep, Hibernate and Lock options in the Power options flyout.<\/p>\n
    Set Hibernation type to “Full”<\/h3>\n
    If that doesn’t help, it’s possible that the hibernate feature may be set to “Reduced<\/a>” mode.<\/p>\n
    Open an administrator Command Prompt<\/a> window and run the following commands to enable the full hibernation feature.<\/p>\n
    powercfg \/h on\r\n\r\npowercfg \/h \/type full<\/pre>\n
    Hope that brings back “Hibernate” option to the Start menu and Win+X menu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    The Power user menu (Win + X) and the Start menu power button do not display Hibernate option by default in Windows 8 and Windows 10. However, the option can be enabled via the Power Options Control Panel, using these steps:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-8"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25233,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/turn-on-fast-startup-missing-windows-11-10\/","url_meta":{"origin":1283,"position":0},"title":"“Turn on fast startup” option missing in Windows 11\/10","author":"Ramesh","date":"December 20, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Fast Startup is a feature in Windows 8\/10\/11 that speeds up the boot process significantly. 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