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Tao Liu
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Win10: disable devices that wake PC

Open powershell as admin

Enter command:
powercfg /devicequery wake_armed | ForEach{ powercfg /devicedisablewake $_ }

You will get back:
Invalid Parameters -- try "/?" for help

To verify, enter command:
powercfg /devicequery wake_armed

You will get back (it means all devices have been disabled):
NONE

You're all set!

Source:
https://superuser.com/questions/1320578/prevent-all-devices-from-waking-my-computer

You can disable all devices from waking your computer with powershell -Command "powercfg /devicequery wake_armed | ForEach{ powercfg /devicedisablewake $_ }".
In cmd, you can run powercfg /devicequery wake_armed to get a list of the devices that are currently allowed to wake up your computer.

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