Power mode via command line?

garlin said:

@dacrone, two of those quoted power plan GUID's are custom to your PC.

If you prefer to use the built-in aliases:

Code:

powercfg /setactive SCHEME_BALANCED
powercfg /setactive SCHEME_MIN
powercfg /setactive SCHEME_MAX

High performance mode is SCHEME_MIN (or minimize power savings).
Low performance mode is SCHEME_MAX (or maximize power savings).

It's counter-intuitive.

To use a custom power plan (like one that shipped with your PC, like HP does), you can list the available GUID's.

Code:

C:\Windows\System32>powercfg /list

Existing Power Schemes (* Active)
-----------------------------------
Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e  (Balanced) *
Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c  (High performance)
Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a  (Power saver)
Power Scheme GUID: 12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890abcdef  (Made up example)

C:\Windows\System32>powercfg setactive 12345678-90ab-cdef-1234-567890abcdef

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