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Surface pen shuts down my laptop when I attach it to the edge with its magnet.
Is anyone else finding that their pen is shutting down their machine when they attach their surface pen to its right hand edge?
I attach the pen, the screen brings down a picture of the home screen like a curtain from the top asking me if I want to swipe the curtain down the screen to shut it down. I do not respond, the curtain rises up the screen again and disappears, then the machine shuts down.
I have tried power options and thought that the "actions when I close the lid" might be a way to control it, but no. I can't find anything online so I presume it's not a common problem.
Neale
- wnreiaglhetCopper Contributor
OK, so I am going to publically admit my idiocy here for the sake of others who are as stupid as me. I have been connecting the pen to the RH side of the laptop OVER THE POWER BUTTON. If I attach the pen a couple of centimetres lower it doesn't trigger the shutdown. (Lesson: If you don't see any posts on the subject, then you're probably doing something wrong.) wnreiaglhet