Policy
Specify a custom active power plan
Windows 11 25H2
Policy overview
Key metadata and intent for this policy.
Supported OS tags: Windows10, Windows10RT, Windows11, Windows7, Windows8, Windows81, WindowsRT, WindowsRT81, WindowsServer2008, WindowsServer2012, WindowsServer2012R2, WindowsServer2016, WindowsVista
This policy setting specifies the active power plan from a specified power plan’s GUID. The GUID for a custom power plan GUID can be retrieved by using powercfg, the power configuration command line tool. If you enable this policy setting, you must specify a power plan, specified as a GUID using the following format: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX (For example, 103eea6e-9fcd-4544-a713-c282d8e50083), indicating the power plan to be active. If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can see and change this setting.
Registry values
How enabled and disabled states update the registry.
No explicit registry values are set for enabled or disabled states.
Policy elements
Inputs and configuration options exposed by this policy.
| Element | Type | Registry mapping | Constraints & behavior |
|---|---|---|---|
Custom Active Power Plan (GUID): ID CustomActiveSchemeOverrideEnter | text | HKLM\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\ActivePowerScheme Type REG_SZ | None |
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