pwrmgr

list and change power schemes 

Command

SYNOPSIS

pwrmgr -l

pwrmgr -b

pwrmgr -S num

pwrmgr -h | -s [-f]

DESCRIPTION

The pwrmgr utility displays or changes power schemes.

Power schemes control the system's behavior when on battery or main power, when to spin down disks, or when to blank the screen. These schemes can be defined from the Power Options applet in the Control Panel.

The pwrmgr utility normally only affects the local system; however you can use it with rsh or secsh to affect remote system.

Normally, when placing the system in hibernation or suspension mode (with -h or -s, respectively), all users connected to the system are given a chance to veto the move. This behavior can be overridden with the -f option.

Options

-b 

Displays battery status.

-f 

Forces a system into hibernation or suspend mode. This lets you override another user from vetoing such a move.

-h 

Places the system in hibernation mode. This option requires appropriate permissions on w2000; machines. and is mutually exclusive with the -s option.

-l 

Displays a numbered list of defined power schemes.

-S num 

Changes to power scheme num where num is a number associated with a power scheme in a list displayed by the -l option.

-s 

Suspends the system. This option requires appropriate permissions on w2000; machines and is mutually exclusive with the -h option.

DIAGNOSTICS

Possible exit status values are:

0 

Successful completion.

>0 

An error occurred.

PORTABILITY

Windows 10. Windows Server 2016. Windows Server 2019. Windows 11. Windows Server 2022. Windows Server 2025.

AVAILABILITY

PTC MKS Toolkit for System Administrators
PTC MKS Toolkit for Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Interoperability
PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Professional Developers 64-Bit Edition
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers
PTC MKS Toolkit for Enterprise Developers 64-Bit Edition

SEE ALSO

Commands:
halt, shutdown

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