Powercfg Command-Line Options in Windows 10/8/7

[HappyAndyK]

The Powercfg.exe tool is installed with Windows. You can use the Powercfg.exe tool to control power settings and configure computers to default to Hibernate or Standby modes.

The following command-line options are available for Powercfg:

powercfg [-l] [-q ] [-x] [-changename] [-duplicatescheme] [-d] [-deletesetting] [-setactive] [-getactivescheme] [-setacvalueindex] [-setdcvalueindex] [-h] [-a] [-devicequery] [-deviceenablewake] [-devicedisablewake] [-import] [-export] [-lastwake] [-?] [-aliases] [-setsecuritydescriptor] [-getsecuritydescriptor]

For information about the PowerCFG options, run the POWERCFG /? command in an elevated prompt.

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[Capt.Jack]

This is good Tool to troubleshoot Battery related issues This command "powercfg -energy" with generate a HTML report. Here is article Use PowerCfg in Windows 7 to Evaluate Power Efficiency - How-To Geek

[HappyAndyK]

Yep!

Already covered here:

Get more battery life out of your laptop.

AND

Q7: My computer is running slow on the “Power saver” power plan, and the battery is draining faster than I expect. What can I do? Can I diagnose what is occurring?

A7: To diagnose the problem, create a power report. To do this, follow these steps:
Click Start.

* In the Search programs and files box, Type cmd.
* Right-click CMD, and then click Run as administrator.
* At the command prompt, type powercfg -Energy -output c:\temp\energy.html, and then press ENTER.
* In the Temp folder, open the Energy-report.html file. This report uses a 60-second run. However, the report time is configurable.

Answers to 7 common Windows Power issues.

[Capt.Jack]

Ah .. Nice .. Thanks for the threads