How to Add or Remove "Allow display required policy" from Power Options in Windows


The Allow display required policy setting in Power Options allows users to specify whether Windows allows applications to temporarily prevent the display from automatically reducing brightness or turning off to save power.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Allow display required policy setting under Display in Power Options for all users in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove this setting in Power Options.

 CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add or Remove "Allow display required policy" in Power Options using Command Prompt
• Option Two: Add or Remove "Allow display required policy" in Power Options using REG file

EXAMPLE: "Allow display required policy" in Power Options

OPTION ONE

Add or Remove "Allow display required policy" in Power Options using Command Prompt

1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

(Add)
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\A9CEB8DA-CD46-44FB-A98B-02AF69DE4623 /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

OR

(Remove - default)
powercfg -attributes SUB_VIDEO A9CEB8DA-CD46-44FB-A98B-02AF69DE4623 +ATTRIB_HIDE

3. You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.

OPTION TWO

Add or Remove "Allow display required policy" in Power Options using REG file

The downloaded .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99\A9CEB8DA-CD46-44FB-A98B-02AF69DE4623

Attributes DWORD

1 = Remove
2 = Add

1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.

 2. To Add "Allow display required policy" to Power Options

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Allow_display_required_policy_to_Power_Options.reg

Download

 3. To Remove "Allow display required policy" from Power Options

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Allow_display_required_policy_from_Power_Options.reg

Download

4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn Brink

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