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09 August 2019

Quick Access to Power Plan (Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance) for Saving Power and Electricity

Windows Mobility Center (WMC) is a tool that places together several important settings in a window such as audio setting, screen brightness, battery and power scheme, and also wireless network.

WMC by default is enabled on laptops to help conserve battery power easier and quicker, but is not activated on a desktop computer. I have been using WMC to switch power plans quickly on my PC to match the processor power needed for the current task at the time; High Performance for gaming, Balanced for web browsing or doing tasks, and Power Saver when watching videos or just idling.


To enable Windows Mobility Center on a desktop computer, a modification is needed in the Windows Registry however some version of Windows do not have "regedit" installed. An easier way to modify the registry without regedit is by installing the registry below.


Double-click the downloaded registry file to allow modification to Windows Registry that enables the Windows Mobility Center.

Next step is to find the Windows Mobility Center. Click start and type "mblctr", right-click on it and select Open file location.


Drag mblctr in the folder to taskbar to pin for quick access.


The next step is to set the power of processor which will help in conserving power or electicity.

Click start and type Power Option.


Click on change plan settings and change advanced power settings.


Under Processor power management, set the minimum and maximum processor state.

Minimum processor state
  • Power saver: 5%
  • Balanced: 5%
  • High Performance: 5%
Maximum processor state
  • Power saver: 50%
  • Balanced: 80%
  • High performance: 100%
Click Ok to save settings. Now you may choose you preferred power plan from WMC based on your usage and leave the WMC open.





Refference: TenForums