Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 15 years ago, 23 seconds later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#237,910
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I think the option causes a window to pop up asking for confirmation on the shutdown/hibernate/sleep/whatever option whenever the lid is closed, and then only proceeds with the shutdown/hibernate/sleep/whatever if a button is not activated. I would guess this is for people who want to close the laptop while it is connected to an external video source.
dreamworks !AUIkTW/L46 (OP) replied with this 15 years ago, 6 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^][v]#237,989