Windows 10: Restore default power plans in Windows 10?

Hi, I have no idea how my power plans don't exist anymore, but I need to restore all my power plans.


I tried using these command lines in Admin Windows PowerShell and in Admin command prompt, but they didn't work.






Any ideas?

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Reset and Restore Power Plans to Default Settings in Windows 10


Hey Shawn,

I did a clean install of Windows 10 Pro 16232 and I have only one power plan. The High Performance and Power Saver plans are not shown.





I ran powercfg -restoredefaultschemes and then powercfg -list and this is what is shown.





I have exported both High Performance and Power Saver plans from another Windows 10 install and have imported them into this build 16232, but they still refuse to show up in power options. Any ideas?

 

Power plans automatically changing

Hi Jonah,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community. I understand that you have an issue with power plans.
I will surely help you to fix this issue.

This issue could have occurred due to incorrect Power settings. Try the steps listed here:

Method 1:

Let’s run the power troubleshooter and check if that helps.

a. Press Windows key on the keyboard.

b. In the search box, type Troubleshooting and press
Enter.

c. Click on ‘System and Security’ and click on ‘Power’ click on next to run the troubleshooter.

Method 2:

If the issue persists, I suggest you to
restore the power plans to default and check if it helps.

Step 1: Reset and restore the power plans to default:

• 
  Right-click on
  Start button and click on Command Prompt (Admin).
  
• 
  In the command prompt, type powercfg –restoredefaultschemes
  and hit Enter.
  
• 
  Exit command prompt.
  

Note: This would reset the power plan settings to default. Any customized power plans are would be removed.



Step 2:

Once the power plan is reset to default, you may create a
new power plan and customize the same according to your needs.



Refer to the link:

Power plans: Frequently asked questions

Windows help & learning - Microsoft Support





Note: Applies to Windows 10.



Hope this information helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of the issue so that we can assist you further.

 

Restore Missing Default Power Plans in Windows 10  

Hi Brink, there's good and bad news *really
The good news: I was able to restore all missing power plans. The bad news: the restored power plans show up as long as Modern Standby is disabled (value 0 in csenabled registry key).
Here is what I did:
I started having "Balanced" as the only power plan displayed. I then disabled Modern Standby as you suggested and multiple instances of the various power plans showed up as seen below:



So I then went ahead to delete the added power plans to start from a clean state using your instructions
I then added the power plans using Powershell as explained in this thread. The power plans were added successfully as shown below:



I then enabled Modern Standby, rebooted and this was the result:



So I disabled Modern Standby and finally got back the missing power plans again:



Also I observed another change: now, the power icon in system tray does not show the slider to set it to save or best performance, as seen below:



So the question remains: how to have Power in Control Panel show all Power Plans without having Modern Standby Disabled.