Hi…! I used the search function here but I can’t find another post with this problem, but yeah, it’s just that, When I have Epic Games Launcher open (downloading stuff or not) my monitor won’t turn off… I have set up in windows to turn off the monitor after 1 minute, but with epic launcher open, that never happens… I close the launcher and everything works nice again…
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Hi RS,
Can you run the powercfg -requrests command when running cmd.exe as administrator? Here are instructions. I just want to double confirm that it really is the launcher and maybe not the display drivers that are keeping it awake (the launcher is DX11).
Can you also attach your dxdiag info?
Thanks,
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Hi ! well, I got an update today of 140mb for the epic launcher and the problem is fixed now! I tested all day, is working fine now! Thanks!
Hey RS,
Glad the update fixed the issue! Marking this as an answer for tracking purposes.
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Welcome back to 2018 race fans, this is once again a problem. If I put the screen to sleep, Epic will wake it up. When EPIC is running the screen refuses to sleep on it’s own. If you exit out of the EPIC launcher, the problem goes away. Common EPIC, stop being greedy.
The problem is still / again there…
Me too… I have the same problem. I need to download overnight while my screen turn off, but epic launcher keeps wake it up.
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Same problem for me, workaround below. Similar problem [here][1], same solution applies.
TL;DR Kill explorer.exe before monitor turns off, then the monitor stays off with Epic Games Launcher running.
I also have this problem after 6 years that I already have the thread. I don’t understand how they haven’t fixed it yet. When I leave Epic downloading games I have to turn off the monitor by pressing its button because the screen saver does not work.
@Aquasheep3000 Does this solution have to be done every time or is it fixed forever?
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- New laptop, fresh Windows 11, only Epic Launcher installed, downloading Fortnite, minimized Launcher, laptop screen not going to sleep. Big data, you don’t need any log to fix this bull****.
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Hi. Same here. Opened a new post because this one is marked as solved. Cheers.
I Found an alternative method to turn off the display while Epic Games is open. First go to Settings > System > Power Options and set sleep to Never.
Then go to the Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options > Change What The Power Buttons do. Now set the power button or closing the lid (on laptop) to do nothing. This way you can turn off the display without worrying about your PC going to sleep and pausing the download. Please note that by following these steps, your PC won’t get locked. Which means that once you turn the display back on, you’ll be taken directly to the last program you were using. Once you finish downloading, remember to change the above settings back to default.
It is there a link to new opened post. I have the same problem. I using NirCmd command to put monitor in sleep when computer doing download jobs. But this not-user-friendly launcher preventing monitor to going in sleep. When i run NirCmd command monitor go to sleep with drops out of beeping sound and turn it on after 5 sec.
How is this still happening? I got a bad burn in because freaking Epic Game Launcher wouldn’t let my OLED monitor fall asleep for a whole day. What’s the hold up for fixing this issue? How many years is this? Is it that hard?
Happens to me, still years after this thread started. Everything I tried to force the screen to sleep, it refused, until I stopped the Epic Launcher. Stopped that, screen sleeps normally.
Still happening to me.
The Epic launcher seems to wake my screen 23-25 seconds after I turn off the screen when I’m running game updates. I don’t fancy any more burn in on my OLED.
But I’ve found a roundabout way to keep that from happening that’s working so far.
- I set my power button to turn off the screen through the pc power settings.
- Run a program as administrator (in my case I run Paint as admin).
And that’s it.
The admin program seems to stop the screen from being woken by the epic launcher. Don’t know why.
As an extra measure I drop the screen brightness to minimum and then just hit the power button.
Posting this in case it works for someone else.
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Same problem here. It’s been 9 years. Why the hell is this still an issue?
Power button is already set to sleep, and running a program as admin didn’t work.
Epic games launcher caused burn in for me on my Acer Predator XB241H. Not happy.
That works pal. Dunno how you figured that out but thanks.
I have this problem with UE5 itself, instead of the Launcher. Running the command from the first reply to the OP, I get the following:
SYSTEM:
[DRIVER] Realtek High Definition Audio (. . .)
An audio stream is currently in use.
When I run that command with the Launcher, nothing is listed. Anyone else try it?
Also, just a friendly reminder: DON’T update software unless you have a known bug that is fixed and listed under the Release Notes. For any software, not just Epic. Companies usually make software worse over time, remove features, introduce bugs, lower performance, trash your data, etc. Programmers have been replaced with “Software Engineers,” and as a result software becomes bloated and horrible.
“Friends don’t let friends run software updates”