Windows CE Registry Setting - Never Power Off

Question

I have a unique industrial application where I do not want the Windows CE device to ever power off (powering off cuts the wireless connection, resulting in a looooong delay re-establishing a link to the server). The issue: a hard reset removes the "never turn off" setting of the device, allowing it to sleep. Avoiding a hard reset is not an option, as the devices sometimes require them.

What is the registry key that controls this? The idea is, with a registry file, the device will merge the key into the system at boot, negating the need for manually setting this.

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To save time, the answer was in a comment below, so I've re-pasted it here for reference:

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The registry entry is: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts] "BattSuspendTimeout" = dword:00000000

Answer 1

What is the device?

With Symbol brand scanners running CE you have to use a special program (available for free) from symbol that basicly takes a snap shot of the device - then you set your settings for what you want and it takes another snapshot - it then writes the code to reset all the registry settings for you in case of a cold boot.

With more info on the device I may be able to help more.

Answer 2

Try this code:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts]
 "BattSuspendTimeout"=dword:0