Restore Missing Default Power Plans in Windows 10  

Antonella said:

I have the same problem. Already tried the two options. The command says that the energy plan has been added but then it does not appear among the energy options (only Balanced shows up)

Hello Antonella, and welcome to Ten Forums.

If you computer supports Modern Standby, this would be the reason why you can only have the Balanced plan. You can check using the tutorial below.

How to Check if Modern Standby is Supported in Windows 10

Antonella said:

Yup. That was it. Thanks Brink!

Hello @Stelex, and welcome to Ten Forums.

I'm afraid we can no longer disable Modern Standby by simply changing the CsEnabled DWORD value in the registry.

I'm not aware of an official and safe way to disable Modern Standby.

fia1299 said:

Hi,

I just bought a new laptop and I feel that these new restrictions on power plan customizations that Microsoft has imposed in Windows 10 will severely limit the battery saving capabilities as well as high performance capabilities of my new machine.

I have scoured the internet and tried solutions in various forums including this one but have had no luck at all in getting back the old default windows 10 power plans. The best that happens when I try these suggestions is that a duplicate 'Balanced' option is created.

Is there any news on whether Microsoft will revert this change to windows 10 to give us back the old power plans or is there any newer method available that I can try?

Hello fia1299, and welcome to Ten Forums.

If you mean for modern standby devices, then I'm not aware of an official way to disable modern standby to have the other power plans back.

Are you able to adjust the Power Mode like in the tutorial below to what you want instead?

Change Power Mode Level in Windows 10

Perhaps I misunderstood but I thought that post #14 by supersmilers reported that the job could be done without trying to mess about with S0 Modern standby.

All that was needed was disabling connected standby while the power plan is added [then re-enabling it afterwards]
Enable or Disable Network Connectivity in Modern Standby - TenForumsTutorials

Denis

Hello @Brink ,

I am just customising a Clean Install and noticed that I only had the Balanced (Recommended) Power Plan available, probably because it is NOT Activated just yet.

Anyway, I decided I wanted to include the High Performance Power Plan and I ended up writing a Batch Script. The Batch Script also allows you to add ALL the other Power Plan options available. I thought that I would post it so that others can benefit . . .

Code:

@echo off
:: ################################################################################################################
:: # Title     : Add Power Plans                                                                                  #
:: # Created By: Paul Black at TenForums.com/members/paul-black.html                                              #
:: # Created On: 16-Apr-2021                                                                                      #
:: # Tutorial  : https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/110372-restore-missing-default-power-plans-windows-10-a.html #
:: ################################################################################################################
set "Title=Add Power Plans" & set "Author=Paul Black"
title %Title% - Written by %Author%. & mode con: cols=80 lines=24 & color 17

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "params=%*"
cd /d "%~dp0" && ( if exist "%Temp%\getadmin.vbs" del "%Temp%\getadmin.vbs") && fsutil dirty query %systemdrive% 1>nul 2>nul || ( echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) : UAC.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", "/k cd ""%~sdp0"" && %~s0 %params%", "", "runas", 1 >> "%Temp%\getadmin.vbs" && "%Temp%\getadmin.vbs" && Exit /b)
%windir%\system32\reg.exe query "HKU\S-1-5-19" 1>nul 2>nul || ( echo. & echo  ERROR: This Batch file MUST be run in an ELEVATED cmd prompt [ Administrator ] & echo. & echo         Right-click the Batch file and click ^<Run as Administrator^>. & echo. & echo ^>Press ANY key to EXIT . . . & pause >nul & Exit )

:Options

echo. & echo  ==============================================================================
        echo  Add Power Plans.
        echo  ==============================================================================
echo. & echo  IMPORTANT: ^<Balanced^> is the ^<default^> and is therefore omitted from the list.
echo. & echo  Options:
echo. & echo  [0] EXIT this Program.
echo. & echo  [1] High Performance.
        echo  [2] Power Saver.
        echo  [3] Ultimate Performance.
echo. & echo  ==============================================================================& echo.

CHOICE /N /C 0123 /M ">Enter an Option:"

if %errorlevel%==4 goto :Ultimate_Performance
if %errorlevel%==3 goto :Power_Saver
if %errorlevel%==2 goto :High_Performance
if %errorlevel%==1 goto :Exit

:High_Performance
echo. & echo  Adding Power Plan - High Performance . . .
              powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c >nul
        echo  Power Plan Added.
echo. & echo ^>Press ANY key to EXIT . . . & pause >nul & Exit

:Power_Saver
echo. & echo  Adding Power Plan - Power Saver . . .
              powercfg -duplicatescheme a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a >nul
        echo  Power Plan Added.
echo. & echo ^>Press ANY key to EXIT . . . & pause >nul & Exit

:Ultimate_Performance
echo. & echo  Adding Power Plan - Ultimate Performance . . .
              powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61 >nul
        echo  Power Plan Added.
echo. & echo ^>Press ANY key to EXIT . . . & pause >nul & Exit
:Exit