Power Plans missing/Can't add power plan through commands

Question

Recently got an Inspiron 15 3525. I was very happy at first, then I noticed that while the CPU usage is high, it's not running to its full potential. I opened Control Panel to change the Power Plan to High Performance, but it was missing. I went ahead and used a command to add the High Performance power plan and the Power Saver power plan. When I checked back, it was still missing. I tried another method using the Registry Editor, but after restarting it still wouldn't work. I figured it might be because Dell laptop's can easily overheat, but won't the Power Saver power plan prevent that? Need help figuring this out. Thanks in advance!

filbert · Answer

That's a Windows issue, not specific to Dell. I've seen the same on other computers.

Try this:

Settings | Power & Sleep | Additional power settings | Create a power plan. At that point you may be able to choose to start with an existing plan such as Power saver or High performance.

If not, various help sites have methods to restore those plans. e.g. How to Bring back Missing Power Plans in Windows 10 / 11 (thegeekpage.com)

According to Chris Hoffman, Balanced is fine almost all the time as Windows will automatically increase the performance when it's needed: Should You Use the Balanced, Power Saver, or High Performance Power Plan on Windows? (howtogeek.com)

t_animatedkiddo · Answer

Hey Filbert,   I already tried all of these and a few more but sadly wouldn't work. In my other PC's, it works fine. Thanks for the response though.

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Power Plans missing/Can't add power plan through commands

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