Do you change Power Plans a lot? How about a handy little application that can switch between power plans quickly? PowerPlanSwitcher is a free Windows Store application that lets you change between different Power Plans on your Windows computer. The app is very minimal and runs from the system tray itself. It is styled like the default Windows flyout dialogs. You can place it near the battery icon and it would fit in like a default feature.
Previous Windows versions used this feature, where you could change the power plan from the battery icon in the system tray. However, Windows 11/10 lost that functionality, and this app can restore almost the same functionality.
Quickly change Power Plans on Windows 11/10
PowerPlanSwitcher has some essential features that make changing a power plan much easier. To change your current plan, just hit the plug icon and select your plan! Alternatively, you can enable shortcut hotkeys and then access that menu by simply hitting Shift+Win+S.
Another interesting feature about this tool is the automatic change in schema while (dis)connection of the AC adapter. You can set which plan should be applied when the AC adapter is connected or disconnected. Now, whenever you change the charging state; your desired plan will automatically be applied. All the settings mentioned can be changed by right-clicking the same plug-shaped icon.
The most important question that arises is whether the app is compatible with custom Power Plans or just the default ones? Well, yes PowerPlanSwitcher is compatible with custom power plans. You can enable/disable custom plans from settings and you can limit the flyout to default Windows plans as well.
I’ve been using a custom power plan for gaming these days. I’ve created a power plan with maximum performance and the highest brightness so that I can make the most of my gaming experience. This tool comes in handy whenever I want to change the power plan before opening a game.
The autorun feature starts the application automatically on Windows startup so that you don’t have to open it every time.
PowerPlanSwitcher free download
PowerPlanSwitcher is a great Windows Store app. It has no UI and only operates from the system tray. It can be easily accessed and the keyboard shortcuts also come in handy. PowerPlanSwitcher is an install-and-forget kind of application that can integrate well into our daily computing activities. There are other power plan switchers available as well but this application is better than the others just because of its seamless integration. We expect more features in the following updates of the application.
Click here to download PowerPlanSwitcher from the Microsoft Store. The program is open-source and the entire code is available to download at GitHub. You can include the code in any of your projects freely.
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