Glitch in changing power plans

[dbookbinder]

I have some custom power plans, and when I click the + next to the power plan label in Throttlestop, it allows me to add all the plans, including the customized ones, and then select one to associate with a Throttlestop profile. However, the only power plans it actually changes to are Power Saver, Balanced, and High Performance. Though the custom plans are selectable in Throttlestop and the selection is maintained if I switch from one profile to another, the power plans are not actually changed.

Seems like a small bug to me.

 

[unclewebb]

I only use the default Windows power plans so thanks for reporting this bug.

Do you have any other software running on your computer that has access to the power plans? Some manufacturer's power management software might override what ThrottleStop is trying to do.

I will try re-testing this feature tomorrow. I am pretty sure it used to work correctly in Windows 10. If you are using Windows 11, this ThrottleStop feature may no longer be compatible.

 

[dbookbinder]

I only use the default Windows power plans so thanks for reporting this bug.

Do you have any other software running on your computer that has access to the power plans? Some manufacturer's power management software might override what ThrottleStop is trying to do.

I will try re-testing this feature tomorrow. I am pretty sure it used to work correctly in Windows 10. If you are using Windows 11, this ThrottleStop feature may no longer be compatible.

No, I'm not using any other power management software, and I am using Windows 11 Pro. The switching does work with the default Windows power plans. As a workaround, I've modified them to match my custom power plans and that still works, too.

I can confirm that the power plan switching works as expected, with custom plans, in Windows 10 Pro. Just tested it on an old laptop.

 

[dbookbinder]

I did more investigating of the power plan switching in Windows 10 Pro, and it's also broken. Some custom plans show up in the plans to be imported and some don't, but the only ones that actually switch are the built-in plans. Other plans do not switch in tandem with Throttlestop, so the bug is apparently not related to the Windows version but to what Throttlestop is doing with power plans. I don't know why I thought otherwise -- it was pretty late when I edited my previous message.

 

[unclewebb]

I just did some testing and sometimes power plan switching works as intended and sometimes it is a bug filled mess. I will have a look for bugs. I will try to fix this feature so it works more consistently.

ThrottleStop power plan switching has been around since 2020. It only took four years and four million downloads to finally hear that there is a problem with power plan switching. Not a lot of people ever seem to use this feature. Now I know why!

 

[dbookbinder]

I just did some testing and sometimes power plan switching works as intended and sometimes it is a bug filled mess. I will have a look for bugs. I will try to fix this feature so it works more consistently.

ThrottleStop power plan switching has been around since 2020. It only took four years and four million downloads to finally hear that there is a problem with power plan switching. Not a lot of people ever seem to use this feature. Now I know why!

So maybe it did work as expected on my Win10 computer .. and now it doesn't. I'm glad you're looking into it.

I imagine most people don't use it because they max out their power plan and then go from there in Throttlestop and don't look back. I'm the kind of guy who used to keep the 300-page MS-DOS manual on my nightstand to see what all the features are.

 

[unclewebb]

I think I found the bug. It took 4 years to hear about it and an hour or so to find it and fix it.
Users need to complain more.

I should have some time on Sunday so I can do some more testing. I always thought this had the potential to be a useful feature. If I can make it work reliably then hopefully more people will consider using this feature.

I will send you a TS beta version tomorrow so you can do some testing if you are interested.

I think I found a couple of recent posts in other forums (likely you) about how to make the default Windows power plans all show up in Power Options. Windows must set some sort of flag in the registry so on most laptops, the default High Performance power plan is hidden. I will have a look in the registry next week for the magic flag that causes some Windows power plans to hide.

 

[dbookbinder]

I think I found the bug. It took 4 years to hear about it and an hour or so to find it and fix it.
Users need to complain more.

I should have some time on Sunday so I can do some more testing. I always thought this had the potential to be a useful feature. If I can make it work reliably then hopefully more people will consider using this feature.

I will send you a TS beta version tomorrow so you can do some testing if you are interested.

I think I found a couple of recent posts in other forums (likely you) about how to make the default Windows power plans all show up in Power Options. Windows must set some sort of flag in the registry so on most laptops, the default High Performance power plan is hidden. I will have a look in the registry next week for the magic flag that causes some Windows power plans to hide.

Yes, that's me. So far, I've only been able to find ways to display duplicates of the default plans. Throttlestop only auto-selects the default (hidden) plans, so it treats them like custom plans.

Sure, happy to test the TS beta version. I think selectable plans is a great feature, especially when there's not much to tweak in the profiles of a mostly locked CPU.