{"id":5013,"date":"2016-12-28T12:47:19","date_gmt":"2016-12-28T07:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=5013"},"modified":"2019-05-12T02:52:49","modified_gmt":"2019-05-12T02:52:49","slug":"switch-power-plans-quickly-via-desktop-right-click-menu-windows-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/switch-power-plans-quickly-via-desktop-right-click-menu-windows-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Power Plans Quickly via Desktop Right-click Menu in Windows 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

Switching power plans require you to open Power Options applet from Control Panel, or from the Start button’s right-click menu which can also accessed by pressing Win + X. This post tells you how to switch power plans using command-line or shortcut, which you can also implement in the context menu if you use it frequently.<\/p>\n

Right now, as of Windows 10 v1607, the advanced power settings is not yet ported to the new Settings UI. Clicking “Advanced power settings” link in the “Power & Sleep” Settings page opens the old Power Options applet. Keyboarders can still use this key sequence to open Power Options — WinKey<\/kbd> + X<\/kbd> O<\/kbd><\/p>\n

In the Power Options applet, you can choose one of the three options — Balanced, High performance and Power saver, or create custom plans with your preferred display and sleep timeouts and other power settings.<\/p>\n

\"switch<\/p>\n

Switch Power Plans Using Command-line or Shortcut<\/h2>\n

If you switch power plans multiple times a day, you can create desktop shortcuts to do the task quickly using the powercfg.exe command-line tool.<\/p>\n

Each power scheme is represented by a corresponding GUID. The GUID strings for your power plans can be obtained by running this command, from a Command Prompt window:<\/p>\n

powercfg \/L<\/pre>\n
\"switch<\/p>\n
381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e [Balanced]
GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c  [High performance]
a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a  [Power saver]<\/pre>\n
The above GUIDs are standard in all systems. For additional custom power schemes, the GUID would be random.<\/p>\n
To set the current power scheme to “High performance”, you’d use this command-line.<\/p>\n
powercfg \/s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c<\/pre>\n
This command makes the specified power scheme active on the system.<\/p>\n
To quickly switch between power schemes, you can create desktop shortcuts for each plan with the above command.<\/p>\n
Switch Power Plans via the Right-click menu<\/h2>\n
You can add the required options to change the power plan, to the desktop right-click menu.<\/p>\n
Download switch_powerplan_context_menu.zip<\/a><\/h4>\n
Unzip and run the enclosed REG file. To reverse the changes, use the undo.reg file.<\/p>\n
To create a REG file of your own, copy the following lines to Notepad, and save the file with the .REG extension. Double-click the REG file to run it.<\/p>\n
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\SwitchPowerScheme]\r\n\"Icon\"=\"powercpl.dll\"\r\n\"MUIVerb\"=\"Switch Power Plan\"\r\n\"Position\"=\"Middle\"\r\n\"SubCommands\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\SwitchPowerScheme\\Shell\\Balanced]\r\n\"MUIVerb\"=\"Balanced\"\r\n\"Icon\"=\"powercpl.dll\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\SwitchPowerScheme\\Shell\\Balanced\\Command]\r\n@=\"powercfg.exe \/s 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\SwitchPowerScheme\\Shell\\High Performance]\r\n\"MUIVerb\"=\"High Performance\"\r\n\"Icon\"=\"powercpl.dll\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\SwitchPowerScheme\\Shell\\High Performance\\Command]\r\n@=\"powercfg.exe \/s 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\SwitchPowerScheme\\Shell\\Power Saver]\r\n\"MUIVerb\"=\"Power Saver\"\r\n\"Icon\"=\"powercpl.dll\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DesktopBackground\\Shell\\SwitchPowerScheme\\Shell\\Power Saver\\Command]\r\n@=\"powercfg.exe \/s a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a\"\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
After applying the edit, the entries are added as a cascading menu in the desktop context menu.<\/p>\n
\"switch<\/p>\n
See also: Add Windows Backup and Restore Options to Desktop Right-click (Cascading) Menu<\/a><\/p>\n
Windows 10 Settings UI will ultimately replace Control Panel in the near future. There will come a day when we’ll have to kiss goodbye to the classic Control Panel, a special folder which has been there for years. These power plan switching shortcuts may come in handy at that time, especially.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Switching power plans require you to open Power Options applet from Control Panel, or from the Start button’s right-click menu which can also accessed by pressing Win + X. This post tells you how to switch power plans using command-line or shortcut, which you can also implement in the context menu if you use it … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[394,395,441],"class_list":["post-5013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","tag-power-options","tag-powercfg","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":27506,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/timezone-settings-grayed-out-location-services\/","url_meta":{"origin":5013,"position":0},"title":"Fix: Time Zone Settings Grayed out in Windows 11","author":"Ramesh","date":"August 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"When you open the Date & time settings to change the time zone, the Time zone settings may be fully grayed out or missing on your Windows 11 computer. 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