Steam Preventing Screensaver and Sleep mode

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Wally 31 Jul, 2023 @ 4:33am

Steam Preventing Screensaver and Sleep mode

ISSUE
If Steam is running minimized and is in the Store tab it prevents the computer from executing power profile settings like screensavers and sleep mode.

OS
Windows 11

STEPS
Select Store from the main menu
Minimize Steam (even to tray)
Execute `powercfg -requests` in an elevated command console.
RESULTS
`DISPLAY:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Program Files (x86)\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64\steamwebhelper.exe
Video Wake Lock`

EXPECTED
Unless I'm actively watching a video on Steam, it should not keep the display locked to on mode.

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Darkrider0318 31 Jul, 2023 @ 3:43pm

Same here, after 2 am my screens illuminate and will not shutdown except manually

CritSec 5 Aug, 2023 @ 5:52am

Same here. Reproing on both 1690583737 and 1691193224.

lulic.71 30 Aug, 2023 @ 5:43am

I confirm. I too have the same problem

eideticmemory 30 Aug, 2023 @ 8:28am

Same problem

Theduck38 7 Sep, 2023 @ 8:04am

Hello, I have the same issue on my Win10...

HOBaRT 26 Sep, 2023 @ 9:00am

Can confirm. As noted, it seems to only happen on the Steam Store when there's something resembling a video on the Store tab (e.g. animated promotional background images count). Rarely when there is no such video, the Store tab allows sleep fine.

A workaround is to remember to switch to the Library or another tab when starting/minimizing Steam.

And yeah Steam should never hold a wakelock for any video when not an active window.

'Kestrel 31 Oct, 2023 @ 1:54am

How is happened in this background? When windows start immediately where standing is "Steam store" it will act as video playing or banner next product store which prevents enter computer sleep mode.

use this in your CMD adminstrator mode it fixed:
powercfg /requestsoverride process steamwebhelper.exe display system

Last edited by 'Kestrel; 31 Oct, 2023 @ 2:00am

lsdninja 31 Oct, 2023 @ 2:09am

…or you could just not have Steam load the store by default.

asha* 31 Oct, 2023 @ 8:16am

Originally posted by 'Kestrel:
How is happened in this background? When windows start immediately where standing is "Steam store" it will act as video playing or banner next product store which prevents enter computer sleep mode.

use this in your CMD adminstrator mode it fixed:
powercfg /requestsoverride process steamwebhelper.exe display system

i set this line *powercfg /requestsoverride process steamwebhelper.exe display system* in cmd now and next i set requsts, result:

C:\Users\admin>powercfg -requests
DISPLAY:
[PROCESS] \Device\HarddiskVolume3\Steam\bin\cef\cef.win7x64\steamwebhelper.exe
Video Wake Lock

So this line not work for helper((

Last edited by asha*; 31 Oct, 2023 @ 8:16am

Subjunctive 1 Nov, 2023 @ 5:53am

I had this problem overnight when Steam didn't even have a window open, and setting the requestsoverride didn't cancel the lock. I was not on the beta at that point, though.

Last edited by Subjunctive; 1 Nov, 2023 @ 6:33am

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Subjunctive 1 Nov, 2023 @ 6:33am

UPDATE: setting a requestsoverride does work! it still shows up in the /requests list, but it doesn't prevent sleep. I am free!

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Auvsexvc 5 Nov, 2023 @ 5:38am

this bug is so annoying, above hints dont help at all

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Subjunctive 6 Nov, 2023 @ 7:38am

Can you show the output of “powercfg /requests” and “powercfg /requestsoverride”?

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CritSec 9 Dec, 2023 @ 2:02am

Same here. Running 1701289036. The funny thing is my second PC doesn't exhibit this behavior. There's something about the interaction of Steam with whatever else is on the PC.

powercfg /requests
DISPLAY:
None.

SYSTEM:
None.

AWAYMODE:
None.

EXECUTION:
None.

PERFBOOST:
None.

ACTIVELOCKSCREEN:
None.

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