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Power plan doesn't appear in Additional plans

Question

I imported a power plan but it does not show up under Additional plans in the Power Options control panel. How do I fix it?

Answer

Modern Connected Standby (CS / AoAc) hides the classic power plans on some systems. The fixes below restore them.

TIP

Open Command Prompt as Administrator before applying any fix.

Solution 1:

Manual registry edit

  1. Open the Registry Editor (regedit).

  2. Navigate to:

    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power
  3. Right-click the right pane → NewDWORD (32-bit) Value.

  4. Name it:

    PlatformAoAcOverride
  5. Leave the value at 0.

  6. Reboot, then re-open Power Options.

If the plan is still missing, continue with the fixes below.

Solution 2:

Same edit via CMD

bat
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v PlatformAoAcOverride /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Solution 3:

Disable Connected Standby

bat
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power /v CsEnabled /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f

Solution 4:

Restore default power schemes

bat
powercfg -restoredefaultschemes

Solution 5:

Switch to the High Performance scheme

bat
powercfg /s SCHEME_MIN

Reboot after applying the fixes, then try importing or selecting your power plan again.