Do you actually use the Windows 7 power management features?

If so, have you ever wanted to just delete one of the built-in power plans?

Here’s how you might do so, and why you probably should leave it alone.

How To Delete Built-in Windows 7 Power Plans (and Why You Probably Shouldn’t)

powercfg list

Do you see that really long GUID code in the middle of each listing?

That’s what we’re going to need for the next step.

And now, we can delete the plan by using the –delete parameter, and the same GUID.

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So if you want to delete the plans, do so at your own peril.

At least you’ve been warned!

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