Latitude 7370 Incorrectly Shuts Down When Lid is Closed

Summary: This article provides the steps to resolve your Latitude 7370 shutting off when the lid is closed despite power management settings to the contrary.

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Symptoms

The Latitude 7370 may experience an issue where the system shuts off when the lid is closed although the power management settings are set to do nothing. Using the powercfg command line to switch the hibernation setting has been found to resolve this issue.

Cause

No cause information

Resolution

How to use the powercfg command line to switch hibernation setting

You may experience an issue with the laptop shutting off when the lid is closed, even though the power management settings are set for the system to do nothing. This issue has been seen on the Latitude 7370 laptop with Windows 10 Pro installed but may also be present on other laptops using the Windows hibernate feature.

A corruption in the Windows hibernate feature may be the cause of this issue. To resolve, use the powercfg command-line utility to switch the hibernation settings following the steps below:

  1. Type CMD in the search box to open the Command Prompt.
  2. Choose to Run as Administrator.
  3. Type powercfg -h off and press Enter. This disables the hibernation feature.
  4. Type powercfg -h on and press Enter. This re-enables the hibernation feature.
  5. Test the system by closing the lid to ensure that the power management settings behave as they are configured.

If the issue still is not resolved after performing the above steps, contact Dell Technical Support.

Affected Products

Latitude 7370
Article Properties
Article Number: 000129547
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 19 Apr 2026
Version:  7
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