Specify a custom active power plan
- Policy ID
- CustomActiveSchemeOverride_2
- Scope
- Computer Configuration
- Supported on
- At least Windows Vista
- Source
- Administrative Templates (.admx) for Windows 11 2026 Update (26H2) (version 1.0)
- Category
- System › Power Management
Description
This policy setting specifies the active power plan from a specified power plan’s GUID. The GUID for a custom power plan GUID can be retrieved by using powercfg, the power configuration command line tool.
If you enable this policy setting, you must specify a power plan, specified as a GUID using the following format: XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX (For example, 103eea6e-9fcd-4544-a713-c282d8e50083), indicating the power plan to be active.
If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users can see and change this setting.
Options
Registry
ComputerHKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- ActivePowerSchemeREG_SZ