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

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

How to Add or Remove "Low 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 Low battery level.

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

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Low 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 "Low battery action" in Power Options using Command Prompt
• Option Two: Add or Remove "Low battery action" in Power Options using REG file

EXAMPLE: "Low battery action" in Power Options








OPTION ONE [/i] Add or Remove "Low 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 d8742dcb-3e6a-4b3c-b3fe-374623cdcf06 -ATTRIB_HIDE

OR

(Remove)
powercfg -attributes SUB_BATTERY d8742dcb-3e6a-4b3c-b3fe-374623cdcf06 +ATTRIB_HIDE
3. You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Add or Remove "Low 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\d8742dcb-3e6a-4b3c-b3fe-374623cdcf06

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 "Low 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_Low_battery_action_to_Power_Options.reg

Download

3. To Remove "Low 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_Low_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.

 

low battery alarm

We suggest that you check if the low battery notification is turned
on. Kindly follow these steps:

• On the search box, type Power Options to see the laptop's power plans.
• Click on Change Plan Settings.
• Click on the Change Advanced Power Settings.
• Scroll down and look for Battery.
• Expand it see Low battery notification, turn it on for both
  On battery and Plugged in.

Let us know whenever you need further assistance.

 

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.

 

Window 10 - No warning for low battery.

Hi William,

Your concern about the low battery notification on your device can be facilitated by the Power Options section of Windows. To check if Low battery notification is activated, we'd recommend performing the following:

• Search and launch Control Panel using Cortana.
• In the Search Control Panel box, type Power Options.
• Click on Edit power plan.
• Locate and click Change advanced power settings.
• Locate and collapse the Battery category.
• Locate and collapse Low battery notification.
• On battery must be tagged as On.
• If it's already on, locate and increase Low battery level to at least 10%.

Let us know how it goes after you've performed the steps.

 

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.