Solved Question about Windows Power Plan

rezpower · Nov 29, 2022

I have a gaming laptop that I use also for Audio production. The laptop with it's original settings had some latency problems which would cause pops and clicks when recording real time audio in DAW. I created a power plan with tweaks (High performance) and when using this power plan my latency falls to very low numbers and all problems are solved. btw the power plan is visible in "Control Panel\Hardware and Sound\Power Options" but not directly from right click on battery icon on task manager or the modern windows 11 settings menu.

Here is my question:
1- Is there a way to associate this power plan to a software (My audio Daw) and have it enabled each time that software is running and go back to original plan when I close the software?
Or
2-My PC has keyboard shortcuts (FN+G) to switch to High performance, Balanced and quiet mode) ..could this plan also be added to a keyboard shortcut?

3- if non of these options are possible, how can I have a shortcut or script on desktop to switch to and from the main Balanced and Audio plans?

garlin · Nov 30, 2022

powercfg will switch your active plan to any one of the existing profiles (including custom plans).

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)

This script switches to High Performance plan, then back to whatever plan was running before.

Code:

@echo off
for /f "tokens=4 delims= " %%f in ('powercfg /getactivescheme') do (
  set ACTIVE_SCHEME=%%f
)

powercfg /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
C:\MyAudio\app.exe
powercfg /setactive %ACTIVE_SCHEME%

Brink · Nov 30, 2022

Hello,

If you like, the tutorial below can add a context menu to make it easy to switch between power plans as needed.

Add or Remove "Choose Power Plan" context menu in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to add Choose Power Plan to the desktop context menu for all users to be able to open Power Options or instantly switch between using the Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance, or Ultimate Performance plan for their account in Windows 11. A power plan is a...

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rezpower · Nov 30, 2022

garlin said:
powercfg will switch your active plan to any one of the existing profiles (including custom plans).

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)

This script switches to High Performance plan, then back to whatever plan was running before.

Code:

@echo off for /f "tokens=4 delims= " %%f in ('powercfg /getactivescheme') do ( set ACTIVE_SCHEME=%%f ) powercfg /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c C:\MyAudio\app.exe powercfg /setactive %ACTIVE_SCHEME%

Thanks a lot for your help and your reply. This solution would be excellent. Unfortunately I have zero knowledge on how to make scripts! I pated this in Windows powerShell ISE, but it gives me errors and I am not able to create the script. Could you please help me figure out how to make and use this script or just make the script for me?
The power plan I want to use is: 356b6bc7-b22c-48a5-87e1-6f8cf9ba9592 (Legion Audio Performance)
and the Software I want to use this power plan with is: C:\Program Files\PreSonus\Studio One 6\Studio One.exe

Brink said:
Hello,

If you like, the tutorial below can add a context menu to make it easy to switch between power plans as needed.

Add or Remove "Choose Power Plan" context menu in Windows 11 Tutorial

This tutorial will show you how to add Choose Power Plan to the desktop context menu for all users to be able to open Power Options or instantly switch between using the Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance, or Ultimate Performance plan for their account in Windows 11. A power plan is a...

www.elevenforum.com

Thanks a lot Brink. This worked perfect :)

Brink · Nov 30, 2022

You're most welcome. I'm glad it could help.

garlin · Nov 30, 2022

Script is plain old .BAT file. PS has no specific commands for power plans, so there's no advantage using it.

switchplan.bat

Code:

@echo off
for /f "tokens=4 delims= " %%f in ('powercfg /getactivescheme') do (
  set ACTIVE_SCHEME=%%f
)

powercfg /setactive 356b6bc7-b22c-48a5-87e1-6f8cf9ba9592
C:\Program Files\PreSonus\Studio One 6\Studio One.exe
powercfg /setactive %ACTIVE_SCHEME%

If you want to backup your power plan (to preserve it if you reinstall Windows), export it with:

powercfg /export C:\Users\rezpower\Legion.pow 356b6bc7-b22c-48a5-87e1-6f8cf9ba9592
powercfg /import C:\Users\rezpower\Legion.pow

rezpower · Nov 30, 2022

garlin said:
Script is plain old .BAT file. PS has no specific commands for power plans, so there's no advantage using it.

switchplan.bat

Code:

@echo off for /f "tokens=4 delims= " %%f in ('powercfg /getactivescheme') do ( set ACTIVE_SCHEME=%%f ) powercfg /setactive 356b6bc7-b22c-48a5-87e1-6f8cf9ba9592 C:\Program Files\PreSonus\Studio One 6\Studio One.exe powercfg /setactive %ACTIVE_SCHEME%

If you want to backup your power plan (to preserve it if you reinstall Windows), export it with:

Thanks a lot garlin. This is what I did at first. I ran the script as a bat file and nothing happened. So I thought maybe I should do something else! I tried to run it again now and it still did not work. After scratching my head a little I realized that "Quotation marks" were missing for the application path as there are spaces between folder names and app name! After adding the Quotation marks the script is working perfect :)
"C:\Program Files\PreSonus\Studio One 6\Studio One.exe"

Thanks a lot for your precious help :) This is exactly what I needed!

Edit: This should be added to guides section: How to run an Application with specific power plan!