System Review and Apply Energy Recommendations in Windows 11


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This tutorial will show you how to review and apply energy recommendations for your account in Windows 11.

Starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1344, Windows now provides Energy Recommendations in Settings.

You can review and apply these recommendations to improve the energy efficiency of your PC and reduce your carbon footprint.

Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, Microsoft added 2 additional energy recommendations for turning on dark mode and adjusting refresh rate to conserve energy.

Starting with Windows 11 build 26252.5000 (Canary), build 26120.1340 (Dev), build 26100.1876 (RP), and build 26100.1882 (24H2) Microsoft is beginning to roll out a new energy recommendation for turning off HDR to conserve energy on PCs with HDR displays.

Reference:

Power settings in Windows 11 - Microsoft Support

You can use Screen and sleep settings to save energy and make your battery last longer.
support.microsoft.com support.microsoft.com



Here's How:

1 Open Settings (WIn+I).

2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Power & battery on the right side. (see screenshot below)

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3 Click/tap on Energy recommendations. (see screenshot below)


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4 You can now review the energy recommendations to either Apply specific or Apply all recommendations you want. (see screenshot below)

If you click/tap on an applied energy recommendation, it will take you to its settings page to make any changes you want.


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That's it,
Shawn Brink


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@Brink
If you ever discover a way to turn these Recommendations off, please let us know! ;-)
 

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To hide "Energy Recommendations" in Settings:
Code: 
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v SettingsPageVisibility /t REG_SZ /d "hide:energyrecommendations" /f

To show "Energy Recommendations" in Settings:
Code: 
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v SettingsPageVisibility /t REG_SZ /d "" /f

If you're hiding other Settings app features, add "energyrecommendations" to your current SettingsPageVisibility list.

UPDATE: Hiding the energyrecommendations page ends up hiding the parent page (Power Settings). Most people probably don't want that.
 
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@garlin
Like I've already posted yesterday hide recommendations :
"Just found something: gpedit: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Control Panel
"Settings Page Visibility" policy. Enabled and Inserted: hide:ms-settings:energyrecommendations. Didn't work. Inserted: hide:energyrecommendations. [corrected typo] Results in Power section in settings invisible."
Easy way via Winaero::
"'Hide Pages from Settings' "Power & Battery" in Winaero results in Hiding the Power section without a restart. Just leave settings and click again."

Your initial reg setting did not work in my case:
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v SettingsPageVisibility /t REG_SZ /d "hide:ms-settings:system: power:energyrecommendations" /f

I view this as an interim solution as the whole power section is hidden. Accessible for me partly via old Control Panel:
"C:\Users\XXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar\Power Options.lnk"

I would be very happy to find a way to hide solely the 'Energy recommendations' and keep the power section.
 

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@dacrone
Yes, thank you. I've figured out the partially working reg myself already yesterday and posted that already there. Just click the link in my post above in the first line.
Besides Sordum Windows Settings Blocker just does the same. Command from WSB is ms-settings:energyrecommendations results in hiding the Power section in toto.

WSB - Copy.webp
 

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powercfg -energy -duration 30 -output E:\energy3.html

I wonder when it will stop being considered a mistake

"Platform Power Management Capabilities - PCI Express Active-State Power Management (ASPM) Disabled"
 

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twelve11 said:
@dacrone
Yes, thank you. I've figured out the partially working reg myself already yesterday and posted that already there. Just click the link in my post above in the first line.
Besides Sordum Windows Settings Blocker just does the same. Command from WSB is ms-settings:energyrecommendations results in hiding the Power section in toto.

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you can try disabling the feature via ViveTool... idk if those IDs still works or not though...

Code: 
c:\vivetool\vivetool /disable /id:39427030

c:\vivetool\vivetool /disable /id:41249924
 

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garlin said:
To hide "Energy Recommendations" in Settings:
Code: 
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v SettingsPageVisibility /t REG_SZ /d "hide:energyrecommendations" /f

To show "Energy Recommendations" in Settings:
Code: 
reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer" /v SettingsPageVisibility /t REG_SZ /d "" /f

If you're hiding other Settings app features, add "energyrecommendations" to your current SettingsPageVisibility list.

UPDATE: Fixed the reg command.
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Can you please update this comment to say hide "Power" instead of hide "Energy Recommendations". You are literally hiding the entire power page in settings, not just Energy Recommendations.
 

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Good point. I don't think there's a way to hide just energyrecommendations, because Settings ends up hiding the parent page (Power). Also the ViveTool trick doesn't work, I even tried a different ID.
 

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I wonder whether you can DISABLE the energy recommendations though. The entire functionality is horrible.
 

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A brief search of ViveTool's outdated FeatureDictionary.pfs revealed over 15 ID's related to "Eco" or "Energy".

I imagine MS's integrated so many Energy Recommendations features that they're not going to back off.
 

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I guess.
I wonder if I am the only person for who screen saver settings are repeatedly changed without connsent by this recommendations BS? No matter what I set it gets disabled within a few hours.
 

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i wonder if MS have a power saving mode on their AI data centers ?

best of luck Steve ..
 

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Why such a sweat about hiding the Energy Recommendations? I just ignore that entry and move on.
 

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Octopuss said:
I wonder if I am the only person for who screen saver settings are repeatedly changed without connsent by this recommendations BS?
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Dunno..., but you're probably the only person who still uses a screen saver!
 

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Octopuss said:
People don't use a screen saver? What about burn in?
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Barely an issue with modern monitors.
If you're leaving a PC idle long enough to cause burn-in, you should be shutting down.
 

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Octopuss said:
I know OLED monitors have some anti burn in features, but LCD ones, I am not sure.
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I've never had a burn-in problem with any kind of monitor.
Mind you, I don't walk away from an idle PC for an extended period of time..., I'm either busy on it or it's shut down.
 

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