How do I display all power plans in Windows 7 notification area?

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By default, only the most recently used plan as well as "balanced" are available. How do I display all 3 default power plans? I'd like to avoid third party programs if possible.

score 6 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 26 '17 at 20:40

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Shameless plug: Power Buddy

Power Buddy is a very lightweight system tray application that allows you to switch between all the defined power plans.

No malware. No junk.

Full Disclosure: I am the author of this project.

edited Apr 26 '17 at 20:40

G-Man Says 'Reinstate Monica'

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answered Feb 06 '14 at 13:59

MetaFight

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Sep 08 '11 at 05:35

Windows 7 has no natural settings to show more than 2 power plans in the system tray. However, you can create shortcuts or hotkeys to switch between your power plans. How-to Geek has a nice article about how to do that: Create a Shortcut or Hotkey to Switch Power Plans.

One of the users in a forum having the same question as you says that this solution is perfect; but each time he ran the shortcut, the command prompt popped up for a second. To prevent this he created a small script. You can see the related post here.

There is also a Windows sidebar gadget which can do what you want. It's called Power Scheme and can be downloaded from this page.

Although you avoid 3rd party solutions, there is a tool called Power Plan Assistant for Windows® 7 which can do the job as well.

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 12 '10 at 16:04

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I would recommend Battery Care, a freeware tool that does more than allowing you to easily change the power plans (Power Saver, Balanced and High Performance) . See this Battery Care review

answered Jul 12 '10 at 16:04

Nicu Zecheru

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score 2 · Answer 4 · edited Nov 05 '14 at 07:01

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Just use the shortcut key WIN+X which will bring up the mobility center; then you may choose the power plan you want. very simple!!

edited Nov 05 '14 at 07:01

Kunal

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answered Nov 05 '14 at 04:34

Yasin

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 07 '10 at 11:14

Have you looked at Power Plan Assistant

Searching for 'show all 3 power plans in tray software'? Congratulations, you just have found a comprehensive solution. Power Plan Assistant for Windows 7 is an ultimate manual / automatic power plan switcher and a compact (yet very informative) system Power icon replacement. It's the multiple award-winning, the world's smartest power management tool. Blockquote

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 23 '13 at 03:40

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Battery Care installs malware along with it. You can opt out (although not obviously at first glance). I would discourage users from installing software that bundles malware. The author gets barely enough to buy a beer per year from that stuff and it only serves as a distribution point for malware and spyware. It needs to end.

Here's an alternative that doesn't bundle any malware.

edited Nov 23 '13 at 03:40

Jawa

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answered Nov 23 '13 at 02:51

Timothy

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Dec 16 '13 at 04:43

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I'll throw in a late update to this, Power Scheme Switcher, under the MIT license with source code available from the same place. Built in C# on Visual Studio 2012.

answered Dec 16 '13 at 04:43

fencepost

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 06 '21 at 04:38

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See my answer to this an other question, on how to create your own Power Scheme switcher menu, using only Windows built-in features :

https://superuser.com/a/1631250/711015

That way you can show and have access to switch to any number of schemes.

answered Mar 06 '21 at 04:38

mach128x

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