Windows 10: Add or Remove Critical battery action from Power Options in Windows

How to: Add or Remove Critical battery action from Power Options in Windows

How to Add or Remove "Critical battery action" from Power Options in Windows


The configure notification and action settings you want when the computer's battery reaches a set low and critical level.

The Critical battery level.

Users can specify the computer to do nothing, sleep, hibernate, or shut down when the critical battery level has been reached.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Critical battery action setting under Battery in Power Options for all users in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.

*Warning You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove this setting in Power Options.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add or Remove "Critical battery action" in Power Options using Command Prompt
• Option Two: Add or Remove "Critical battery action" in Power Options using REG file

EXAMPLE: "Critical battery action" in Power Options








OPTION ONE [/i] Add or Remove "Critical battery action" in Power Options using Command Prompt
1. Open an elevated command prompt.

2. Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.
(Add - default)
powercfg -attributes SUB_BATTERY 637ea02f-bbcb-4015-8e2c-a1c7b9c0b546 -ATTRIB_HIDE

OR

(Remove)
powercfg -attributes SUB_BATTERY 637ea02f-bbcb-4015-8e2c-a1c7b9c0b546 +ATTRIB_HIDE
3. You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Add or Remove "Critical battery action" in Power Options using REG file

*note The downloaded .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\e73a048d-bf27-4f12-9731-8b2076e8891f\637ea02f-bbcb-4015-8e2c-a1c7b9c0b546

Attributes DWORD

1 = Remove
2 = Add


1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add "Critical battery action" to Power Options
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Critical_battery_action_to_Power_Options.reg

Download

3. To Remove "Critical battery action" from Power Options
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Critical_battery_action_from_Power_Options.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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Action options limited for Low and Critical Battery Level (under advanced settings)

ASUS EeeBook X205TA

Windows 10 Home (32 bit operating system, x64-based processor)

Version: 1703

OS Build: 15063.413

I am trying to change the Critical Battery Action and Low Battery Action settings through Power Options - Advanced Settings for two power plans I created and the original default 'Balanced' plan.

In all cases, for Critical Battery Action the option is only to Shut Down on battery or Shut Down or Do Nothing on plugged in. For Low Battery Action, the options on battery and plugged are either Shut Down or Do Nothing i.e. the option to sleep/hibernate
is not available under any drop down lists. I would ideally like to implement the sleep function certain Critical/Low Battery situations.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Laptop no longer hibernates on critical power

Hi Mike,

The laptop's battery is possibly wearing out. Since you haven't change any settings, we suggest that you change the critical battery level a bit higher so that your laptop can perform a hibernation on a much higher percentage than the default. Follow the
steps below:

• Type Power Options on the Start menu search bar.
• Under Battery, click on Critical battery level.
• Chang the default percentage to 10% or higher.
• Click on Apply.

Looking forward to your response.

 

Action options limited for Low and Critical Battery Level (under advanced settings)

Hi,

Regarding your issues with sleep mode and power options, this could have happened due to corrupted Windows 10. We suggest that you follow the steps provided below:

• Open Control Panel.
• Type Troubleshooting in search and click
  Troubleshooting.
• Now type Power in the search option.
• Click on Power to run troubleshooter.

We also suggest that you update your drivers, you can follow the steps on this

link.

Let us know how it goes.

 

Does Windows 10 Pro require additional software to shutdown correctly on power outages?

Hi Allen,

If after changing the plan settings, the new percentage level or the critical battery action you chose doesn’t save, it's possible that this is due to the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) software that manages power settings.

To allow you to change the critical battery percentage level or the critical battery action, we suggest that you follow these steps:

• Press Windows key + X on your keyboard, and click
  Control Panel.
• Choose Programs and locate the OEM Power Management system your computer has installed.
  Note: The power management system your PC is running, if any, will depend on the manufacturer of your machine. Search the installed programs for anything that includes the manufacturer name of your PC,
  and the words power manager or battery manager.
  
• Click Uninstall a program. You will be presented with a window that contains all installed programs on your computer.
• Reboot your computer.
• Configure your Windows 10 Power Options once again and see if the issue persists.

Let us know how it turns out.

 

WIndows 10 v1607 - no low battery warning

Hi Ujjawal,

Follow the steps below and check If you are able to get low battery notification.

Change Critical & Low Level Battery Action.

• To change the Critical and Low Level action for the battery for any Power Plan, you will have to open
  Power Options in the Control Panel > Change Plan Settings >
  Change Advanced Power Settings. In the box which opens, navigate down to the last item, i.e.
  Battery.
• Here for each plan, you can configure and set WHAT your Windows should do, after its battery level drops below certain levels. The options for “while On Battery and “while Plugged In” are:
• Low battery action: Do nothing, Sleep, Hibernate, Shutdown
• Critical battery action: Sleep, Hibernate, Shutdown
• The default for the first is Do nothing and for the second one is
  Hibernate. You can change it to suit your requirements.

Do let us know the status. Thank you.