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Changing Overlay power Mode with script

Mustaffa Abu-Sedira 0 Reputation points
2025-02-02T09:38:46.71+00:00

Hi,

I want to change the overlay power mode based on time of the day without having to go to settings -> system -> power and battery -> power mode each time.

I am not able to find which command in powercfg will change the OVERLAY power mode, all the commands seem to be applicable only to the control panel power scheme settings.

I am looking for a command that I can run from cmd or powershell to set the power mode: Balanced, Best Performance, or Best Power Efficiency and then call it from a scheduled task.

Can anyone help with this?

Thanks

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  1. guilherme rodrigues 390 Reputation points
    2025-02-12T15:30:34.4733333+00:00

    Hi, @Mustaffa Abu-Sedira !

    Windows stores the overlay power mode setting in the registry under:
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes

    The available Overlay Power Modes correspond to these registry values:

    Power Mode Registry Value
    Best Power Efficiency 1
    Balanced 2
    Best Performance 3

    You can Run PowerShell as Administrator and use one of the command:

    Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\User\PowerSchemes" -Name "ActiveOverlayAcPowerScheme" -Value 1

    After setting the registry value, apply the new setting by running:

    powercfg -update

    You can schedule these commands to run at specific times of the day using Task Scheduler.

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