A Power Plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two. In this post, we will show you how to restore the Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance or Ultimate Performance default power plan if missing in Windows 11/10.
Windows 11/10 includes the following default power plans:
- Power saver – Saves power by reducing PC performance and screen brightness. If you’re using a laptop, this plan can help you get the most from a single battery charge.
- Balanced – Offers full performance when you need it and saves power when you don’t. This is the best power plan for most people.
- High performance – Maximizes screen brightness and might increase PC performance. This plan uses more power, so your laptop battery won’t last as long.
- Ultimate Performance – Only available by default in the Windows Pro for Workstations edition. It provides ultimate performance on higher-end PCs.
Please note that changes made to a power plan will affect all users that have chosen the same power plan as their default active power scheme. All users (standard and administrator) will be able to make changes to any power plan settings.
Restore missing Default Power Plans in Windows 11/10
You can use the command line method presented below to restore Windows default power plans if one or more of them are missing from your computer:
Press Windows key + R. In the Run dialog box type cmd hit Enter to invoke the command prompt.
Now copy and paste the command below corresponding to the missing power plan you want to restore into the command prompt and hit Enter.
To bring back all the default missing power plans in Windows-
powercfg -restoredefaultschemes
Power saver–
powercfg -duplicatescheme a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a
Balanced–
powercfg -duplicatescheme 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
High Performance–
powercfg -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
Ultimate Performance–
powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
You can now exit the command prompt and restart your PC.
Read: How to create Custom New Power Plans in Windows
How do I switch between power plans in Windows 10?
You can easily switch between power plans on your Windows 11/10 computer if you have created more than one power plan. To do so, open the Control Panel and go to “Hardware and Sound > Power Options.” You will see all the power plans you have created on your system on reaching this page. Now, select the power plan of your choice.
Related: Only Balanced Power Plan available on Windows
How to fix Power Management tab missing?
The Power Management tab lets you manage the power settings for a particular device on your Windows computer. You can see this tab by opening the device driver properties in the Device Manager. But if you find the Power Management tab missing in the Device Manager, you can restore it by modifying Windows Registry. But before you proceed, we recommend you create a System Restore Point.
That’s it, folks. Happy computing from TWC!
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