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powercfg — Configure power settings and manage power schemes. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/wi

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Problem

How to use the powercfg command: Configure power settings and manage power schemes. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/powercfg-command-line-options>.

Solution

powercfg — Configure power settings and manage power schemes. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/powercfg-command-line-options>.

Display the current power scheme:

powercfg /getactivescheme

List all available power schemes:

powercfg {{[/L|/list]}}

Set the active power scheme by its GUID:

powercfg /setactive {{GUID}}

Turn off the display after a specific number of minutes on AC power:

powercfg {{[/X|/change]}} monitor-timeout-ac {{minutes}}

Turn off the display after a specific number of minutes on battery power:

powercfg {{[/X|/change]}} monitor-timeout-dc {{minutes}}

Put the system to sleep after a specific number of minutes on AC power:

powercfg {{[/X|/change]}} standby-timeout-ac {{minutes}}

Generate a system sleep diagnostics report and save it to a file:

powercfg /sleepstudy /output {{path\to\report.html}}

Generate a full power efficiency report and save it to a file:

powercfg /energy /output {{path\to\report.html}}

Code Snippets

Display the current power scheme

powercfg /getactivescheme

List all available power schemes

powercfg {{[/L|/list]}}

Set the active power scheme by its GUID

powercfg /setactive {{GUID}}

Turn off the display after a specific number of minutes on AC power

powercfg {{[/X|/change]}} monitor-timeout-ac {{minutes}}

Turn off the display after a specific number of minutes on battery power

powercfg {{[/X|/change]}} monitor-timeout-dc {{minutes}}

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