How to enable missing power plan profiles on Windows 10 20H2 and later, and Windows 11

There used to be the option of setting CsEnabled option to 0 in the registry key prior to Windows 10 20H2 which Microsoft had removed and disabled on Windows 10 2004 and later:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power

Update for Windows 10 >= 20h2 including Windows 11:


Prior to doing the above, you need to do the following and reboot:


Setting PlatformAoAcOverride to 0 under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power. Removing the entry again to get back modern standby.

Open cmd.exe as admin and run:

reg add HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v PlatformAoAcOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0

You can just run regedit as admin and delete PlatformAoAcOverride under HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power again to revert back. Or just as admin in cmd.exe:

reg delete "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power" /v PlatformAoAcOverride

It works in Windows 11?

PS E:\Temp> [environment]::OSVersion.Version

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
10 0 19043 0


PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /l

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (High performance) *

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /SETACTIVE SCHEME_MAX

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /l

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a (Power saver) *

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /SETACTIVE SCHEME_BALANCED

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /l

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced) *
PS E:\Temp>

Power plan hidden, but exists in the system.

Pretty sure these came standard with the last win11 update, the previous version had them but were named or viewed slightly differently i think

Oh, the ole "registry hacks" makes everything fine mentality.

Pretty sure if people actually "explored" the OS they would find that many of those reg hacks are unnecessary and aren't required.

Also, when something goes wrong due to such hacks, it's always Windows' fault, never the one tinkering with the registry.

Dru2 said:

Oh, the ole "registry hacks" makes everything fine mentality.

Pretty sure if people actually "explored" the OS they would find that many of those reg hacks are unnecessary and aren't required.

Also, when something goes wrong due to such hacks, it's always Windows' fault, never the one tinkering with the registry.

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Thays what I mean. I didnt do any of the reg things. I installed windows and hello power plans xD.

Policies for Windows = reg hacks

Devlin1888 said:

Thays what I mean. I didnt do any of the reg things. I installed windows and hello power plans xD.

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We agree :)

For laptops, there is only one power plan by default - balancing. I need another one for games (with SpeedShift=2 e.g.).

abactuon said:

For laptops, there is only one power plan by default - balancing. I need another one for games (with SpeedShift=2 e.g.).

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But you can always create a custom power plan as well. From my Lenovo ThinkPad laptop....




Again, all you have to do is look

Almost all settings are hidden. Need "reg hack".
for example
# Processor Energy Performance Preference Policy
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFEPP -ATTRIB_HIDE

It's your PC.

Peace

abactuon said:

Almost all settings are hidden. Need "reg hack".
for example
# Processor Energy Performance Preference Policy
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFEPP -ATTRIB_HIDE

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these settings?

Devlin1888 said:

Thays what I mean. I didnt do any of the reg things. I installed windows and hello power plans xD.

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Depends on the system and the BIOS. If S3 is disabled in the BIOS, you won't see all the power plans until you add that key. One easy way to tell is look at the properties of your network adapter in Device Manager, does it have a "Power Management" tab? If not, then you will not see any power plan other than the Balanced, you will not even see the Power Saver or the High Performance even if you did what Brink had linked to.

In addition:

Dru2 said:

But you can always create a custom power plan as well. From my Lenovo ThinkPad laptop....

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Again, all you have to do is look

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It depends on the laptop. On a Dell, you will only see Dell and Balanced until ModernStandby is disabled which requires the registry hack.
Lenovo seems to be more generic as they do not even have their own plans so they just enabled everything Windows shipped with. Take a look your wireless adapter in Device Manager and the properties, if you have a "Power Management" tab, that is the reason you can see everything as what it boils down to is if S3 mode is still available in the BIOS or not. If it is, then you will see all the profiles. If not, then you won't until one does the registry hack.


The Power Saver, High Performance and Ultimate Performace are hidden without that registry hack. Create a power plan will only create from Balanced and nothing else. A lot has to do with if S3 is enabled in the BIOS or not. That's why either you will see Power Saver and High Performance or not as Windows does ship with 4 profiles, but they will only show up if the BIOS still allows S3 sleep mode, otherwise it will not because they are trying to move to Modern Standby. So the only way you will even have those profiles shown is if your BIOS still supported Connected Standby.

Brink said:

In addition: :)

Restore Missing Default Power Plans in Windows 10

How to Restore Missing Default Power Plans in Windows 10

www.tenforums.com

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That only works if your BIOS supports enabling S3 mode as I have already used that tutorial before, nothing other than Dell and Balanced shows up no matter how many times you do it. There will be new "Balances" but there will not be a hidden section with the High Performance and Power Saving or even Ultimate Performance. See post #6 in this thread who explains the issue better as basically until you have a power management tab in Device Manager when looking at device properties, the restore missing default power plans will not do anything:

abactuon said:

It works in Windows 11?

PS E:\Temp> [environment]::OSVersion.Version

Major Minor Build Revision
----- ----- ----- --------
10 0 19043 0


PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /l

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c (High performance) *

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /SETACTIVE SCHEME_MAX

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /l

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a (Power saver) *

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /SETACTIVE SCHEME_BALANCED

PS E:\Temp> C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /l

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced) *
PS E:\Temp>

Power plan hidden, but exists in the system.

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Yes, because I did it and tested it before posting as the profiles won't show up on my Dell XPS 15 9570 until I did the registry hack on 22000.65 yesterday. I have been trying to get the hidden settings to show up since January 2020 in Widows 10 as Killer Networking support required it to provide further support but was not able to do so until yesterday.

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
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Power Scheme GUID: 20b4f54d-e850-463e-b554-36014b51f917 (Ultimate Performance - Vince) *
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e (Balanced)
Power Scheme GUID: 49ef8fc0-bb7f-488e-b6a0-f1fc77ec649b (Dell)
Power Scheme GUID: 67bf11d5-acc4-4e86-a2ba-d89755ded899 (Ultimate Performance)
Power Scheme GUID: 8228821c-29dd-4e5f-b210-08cb574d0cca (High performance)
Power Scheme GUID: f46c0812-9b20-4e9c-8e84-5e9f0256e15b (Power saver)
PS C:\Users\vince>

Be aware that sometimes updating the chipset driver will change power plans, also.

Almighty1 said:

It depends on the laptop. On a Dell, you will only see Dell and Balanced until ModernStandby is disabled which requires the registry hack.

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I guess I can't argue about your laptop, but on mine no such issues exist. I just created this custom High Performance power plan. No registry hacks required. All done from the Power Settings...





Works for me. This is on a 2017 (2nd gen) Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga X1.

At any rate I recognize that not everyone doesn't have the same equipment with the same options so, I guess other actions are needed.

Peace

Dru2 said:

I just created this custom High Performance power plan. No registry hacks required.

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If nothing is configured for a specific processor, you may not need to create a plan. Will Windows implicitly launch it (High Performance power plan)? (Laptop)



Power Saver Plan :

Devlin1888 said:

these settings?

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For example, I want to disable turbo boost, but this setting is hidden. Have to run
# Processor performance boost mode
C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe -attributes SUB_PROCESSOR PERFBOOSTMODE -ATTRIB_HIDE