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Can Power Options be copied to a file?

There are many Power Options, especially under Advanced Settings (Dim the display, Require a password on wakeup, etc.).  It would be very helpful to be able to copy these options and the current settings for a power plan to a text file or a Word document or something like that.  It would be much easier to see them that way than to have to scroll through so many of them, and to have to click on a lot them to see what the options are.  It would also be a good way to document the current settings in case they are lost or if they need to be put into a new computer or something. 
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Yes, this can be done.  You can run this from the Elevated command prompt or put it all together into a single batch file that is Run as admin.  This is the batch file I use [I have added the explanations for each bit in square brackets]

powercfg /l >D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\PowerPlansList.txt

          [the above line creates a list like this:-]

          [Existing Power Schemes (* Active)]
          -----------------------------------
          [Power Scheme GUID: 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e  (Balanced) *]
          [Power Scheme GUID: 53e6f3f1-c9fb-431c-8099-293a3c1a3938  (Reading)]
          [Power Scheme GUID: 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c  (High performance)]
          [Power Scheme GUID: a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a  (Power saver)]]

          [The next four lines export the power plans so they can be imported, using a similar command, if I wanted to restore them - so these lines are the backup part of the batch file.  The central part of each line sets the destination to the folder I want to keep them in then the last part of each line gives the GUID identification code for each power plan shown in the results copied above.]

powercfg -export "D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\Balanced.pow" 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
powercfg -export "D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\Reading.pow" 53e6f3f1-c9fb-431c-8099-293a3c1a3938
powercfg -export "D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\HighPerformance.pow" 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
powercfg -export "D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\PowerSaver.pow" a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a

          [The next four lines create text files of the whole of the properties, including hidden properties, of each power plan in the same folder as I used before.  If I ever want to look through the files I copy the whole of the text then paste it into Excel as it is much easier to move around the results that way.]

powercfg -qh 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e >"D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\Balanced.txt"
powercfg -qh 53e6f3f1-c9fb-431c-8099-293a3c1a3938 >"D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\Reading.txt"
powercfg -qh 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c >"D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\HighPerformance.txt"
powercfg -qh a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a >"D:\SystemSettings\PowerPlans\PowerSaver.txt"

          [If you look at each of the properties in these results you may feel overwhelmed at first. In each property there may be enough information to understand what it is. You can also look back in the normal power plan interface to help understand some of the properties a bit better.   You can also refer to PMPolicy_Windows.docx, see Power Policy Configuration and Deployment in Windows and any design information provided by the device manufacturer. Power Schemes (Windows) has further background info.]

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Last updated September 9, 2024 Views 1,400 Applies to: