Sometimes you may need to restore the default Windows Power Plan, because you deleted them or because they were hidden by preloaded settings or by a preloaded utility, …
The first option is the following command from an administrative Command Prompt:
powercfg -duplicatescheme <Power Plan GUID>
where the known Power Plan GUIDs are:
| Friendly Name | GUID |
|---|---|
| Power Saver | a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a |
| Balanced | 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e |
| High Performance | 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c |
| Ultimate Performance | e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61 |
As last resort, you may use this undocumented parameter to recover the default ones:
powercfg -restoredefaultschemes