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Is there a way to configure Windows that it uses different energy profiles at different times?

For example: Between 8:00 PM and 6:00 AM I want Windows to use the "Power saver" profile and between 6:00 AM and 8:00 PM I want Windows to use either the "Balanced" profile, the "High performance" profile or the "Ultimate performance" profile.

Is this possible?

Dennis
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Run powercfg /list in the CLI to get a list of profile ID's. Lets say for this example it returns

ABC123 (Balanced)
XYZ789 (Ultra)

Create a new scheduled task to run at 8pm daily, with the action powercfg /setactive ABC123

Create a second scheduled task to run at 6am daily, with the action powercfg /setactive XYZ789

This does lock you in to one profile though. There's no way (as far as I am aware) to prompt you to choose from x of y plans (in your case, 1 of the 3 plans you mention)

You may also wish to create a batch file to prompt you to choose a profile, and then have a goto which then runs the powercfg command for the profile you choose.

spikey_richie
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