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Get-PowerPlan

Description​

Retrieves information about power plans, their subgroups, and power settings.

Usage​

  • Executes the powercfg /list command to get a list of available power plans.
  • Iterates through each power plan in the list obtained from the previous step.
  • For each power plan, extracts the GUID and queries its settings using powercfg /query.
  • Identifies subgroups within the power plan settings by using the 'Subgroup GUID:' string as a marker.
  • For each subgroup, extracts information about power settings, including GUID, name, current AC power setting, current DC power setting, and possible settings.
  • Creates custom PowerShell objects for each power setting and subgroup, organizing them into a structured format.
  • Assembles the information about the power plan, including its name, GUID, active status, and the subgroups with their associated power settings.
  • Aggregates all the power plans with their respective subgroups and power settings into an array.
  • Returns the array containing detailed information about available power plans, subgroups, and power settings.

To retrieve information about available power plans, subgroups, and power settings, run the following command:

PS C:> .\Get-PowerPlansInfo.ps1

Output​

The output will be saved in Get-PowerPlansInfo-log.txt.