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Hi All,

I am new in Auto Script. I am trying to get powrsetting from a mchine through script. I have diffrent model of laptop and desktop form which i just want to pull power settings.

I tried pwercfg command line, but i don't know how to get curent user setting using this command and display in msgbox.

does someone has any idea.Thanks in advance

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powercfg -getactivescheme will return the currently active scheme in Vista and higher. In XP if you use powercfg -q it is listed in a table with the first entry being Name with the name of the scheme in use.

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Hi, enggniteshgarg. It may also help us help you if you tell us a little bit more about what info you're trying to pull. As BrewMan mentioned, the powercfg command will pull most anything you want, but it can pull a LOT of data. Are you looking just for the active power scheme, like you would get with powercfg -L, or something more specific?

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Thanks a lot for your answer. But I want to pull the information about Hibernet time, Power button action, Lid close action. I want to pull this value from machine using any command line or registry. Does someone has any idea.....?

BrewMan i tried powercfg -getactivescheme but its not helpful for me...................Do you know some other option

Thanks in advance..................

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Hi, enggniteshgarg. These are all registry settings, but they are Binary settings so a bit harder to ascertain. The entries are located in

HKCU\Control Panel\PowerCfg\GlobalPowerPolicy\Policies. For example, the option to "Ask me what to do" when the power button is pressed would be a value of:

01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,08,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,01,00,00,00,\
  02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,\
  00,16,00,00,00

Whereas the option to shutdown when the power button is pressed would be:

01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,\
  00,00,00,10,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,03,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,01,00,00,00,\
  02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,0a,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,01,00,01,00,01,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,\
  00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,\
  00,16,00,00,00

Notice the difference at character 38 on line 1, and character 10 on line 2.You might look at this (older) thread that talks about setting some of these properties, it may point you in the right direction.

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It is also in that same spot. This is what I would suggest:

1. Browse to this value in the registry and export it to a reg file.

2. Make the change you want manually.

3. Export the value again.

4. Use a tool such as WinMerge to show you exactly which bit has changed.

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Can powercfg be used to set the Choose the sleep and display settings

I want them for a laptop set to Never for all the options with it plugged in so no sleep no turn off display etc

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This might do what you're looking for, it's from Windows 7 but I'm not sure if all those settings apply to all versions of Windows.

-CHANGE, -X Modifies a setting value in the current power scheme.

Usage: POWERCFG -X <SETTING> <VALUE>

<SETTING> Specifies one of the following options:

-monitor-timeout-ac <minutes>

-monitor-timeout-dc <minutes>

-disk-timeout-ac <minutes>

-disk-timeout-dc <minutes>

-standby-timeout-ac <minutes>

-standby-timeout-dc <minutes>

-hibernate-timeout-ac <minutes>

-hibernate-timeout-dc <minutes>

Example:

POWERCFG -Change -monitor-timeout-ac 5

This would set the monitor idle timeout value to 5 minutes

when on AC power.

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Yep similar to what i was working on

RunWait("powercfg.exe -change -monitor-timeout-ac 10000 ", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait("powercfg.exe -change -disk-timeout-ac minutes 10000 ", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait("powercfg.exe -change -standby-timeout-ac minutes 10000 ", @SW_HIDE)

But i have no idea to know whether it worked or not as i cant seem to find the settings to check lol

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Example of a policy

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelPowerCfg]
"CurrentPowerPolicy"="0"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelPowerCfgGlobalPowerPolicy]
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,10,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,
00,00,00,10,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,80,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,
00,00,00,00,80,01,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,c0,03,00,00,00,
04,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,08,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,03,00,01,00,04,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,
00,1f,6f,7e,58

[HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelPowerCfgPowerPolicies0]
"Name"="On"
"Description"="This scheme is designed for maximum performance."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,32,02,02,04,00,00,00,04,00,
00,00,00,00,3a,77,2e,f2,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,
00,00,00,64,64,64,64,92,7c
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GPO Tool - Export/Import Group policy settings.

MirrorDir - Synchronize/Backup/Mirror Folders

BeatsPlayer - Music player.

Params Tool - Right click an exe to see it's parameters or execute them.

String Trigger - Triggers pasting text or applications or internet links on specific strings.

Inconspicuous - Hide files in plain sight, not fully encrypted.

Regedit Control - Registry browsing history, quickly jump into any saved key.

Time4Shutdown - Write the time for shutdown in minutes.

Power Profiles Tool - Set a profile as active, delete, duplicate, export and import.

Finished Task Shutdown - Shuts down pc when specified window/Wndl/process closes.

NetworkSpeedShutdown - Shuts down pc if download speed goes under "X" Kb/s.

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Yep similar to what i was working on

RunWait("powercfg.exe -change -monitor-timeout-ac 10000 ", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait("powercfg.exe -change -disk-timeout-ac minutes 10000 ", @SW_HIDE)
RunWait("powercfg.exe -change -standby-timeout-ac minutes 10000 ", @SW_HIDE)

But i have no idea to know whether it worked or not as i cant seem to find the settings to check lol

That doesn't work, but this does:

ShellExecuteWait('powercfg.exe', '-change -monitor-timeout-ac 100000')
ShellExecuteWait('powercfg.exe', '-change -disk-timeout-ac minutes 10000')
ShellExecuteWait('powercfg.exe', '-change -standby-timeout-ac minutes 10000')

EDIT: As a matter of fact only one setting worked as you can see from this pic.

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Renamer - Rename files and folders, remove portions of text from the filename etc.

GPO Tool - Export/Import Group policy settings.

MirrorDir - Synchronize/Backup/Mirror Folders

BeatsPlayer - Music player.

Params Tool - Right click an exe to see it's parameters or execute them.

String Trigger - Triggers pasting text or applications or internet links on specific strings.

Inconspicuous - Hide files in plain sight, not fully encrypted.

Regedit Control - Registry browsing history, quickly jump into any saved key.

Time4Shutdown - Write the time for shutdown in minutes.

Power Profiles Tool - Set a profile as active, delete, duplicate, export and import.

Finished Task Shutdown - Shuts down pc when specified window/Wndl/process closes.

NetworkSpeedShutdown - Shuts down pc if download speed goes under "X" Kb/s.

IUIAutomation - Topic with framework and examples

Au3Record.exe

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So which one of these three work then?

ShellExecuteWait('powercfg.exe', '-change -monitor-timeout-ac 10000')
ShellExecuteWait('powercfg.exe', '-change -disk-timeout-ac minutes 10000')
ShellExecuteWait('powercfg.exe', '-change -standby-timeout-ac minutes 10000')
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So which one of these three work then?

-monitor-timeout-ac 10000')
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Renamer - Rename files and folders, remove portions of text from the filename etc.

GPO Tool - Export/Import Group policy settings.

MirrorDir - Synchronize/Backup/Mirror Folders

BeatsPlayer - Music player.

Params Tool - Right click an exe to see it's parameters or execute them.

String Trigger - Triggers pasting text or applications or internet links on specific strings.

Inconspicuous - Hide files in plain sight, not fully encrypted.

Regedit Control - Registry browsing history, quickly jump into any saved key.

Time4Shutdown - Write the time for shutdown in minutes.

Power Profiles Tool - Set a profile as active, delete, duplicate, export and import.

Finished Task Shutdown - Shuts down pc when specified window/Wndl/process closes.

NetworkSpeedShutdown - Shuts down pc if download speed goes under "X" Kb/s.

IUIAutomation - Topic with framework and examples

Au3Record.exe

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These were what i was getting them from.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc748940%28v=ws.10%29.aspx

- monitor-timeout-ac minutes

- monitor-timeout-dc minutes

- disk-timeout-ac minutes

- disk-timeout-dc minutes

- standby-timeout-ac minutes

- standby-timeout-dc minutes

- hibernate-timeout-ac minutes

- hibernate-timeout-dc minutes

I wonder if the minutes value is too large?

500 would be 8 hrs which would be plenty

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