High performance Power plan missing.

Hi,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

We understand the concern as you are unable to create a new power plan with high performance.

In order to get clarity and to assist you accordingly, please reply with the answers to the questions below:

• What is the Version and Build of Windows 10 installed? (Type winver in Windows search/Run command)
• Is the PC connected to a domain/organization network?

Meanwhile, we would suggest you to perform these steps to restore the default power plans on the PC.

1. Click on Start menu and type CMD, right click on CMD and select Run as Administrator.
2. Type the following command and press Enter: powercfg –restoredefaultschemes
3. Once the process is complete, then restart the PC and check

If the issue persists, then perform these registry changes and check..

Note:  Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs.

Follow the steps to take backup of registry

1. Open the Run dialog box by pressing the Windows key and the R key together.
2. Type Regedit and hit the Enter key.
3. When the Registry Editor opens, navigate to the following location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power
4. In the right pane, double click on the DWORD entry named CsEnabledand****set it to 0.
5. Click Ok and restart the PC to check.

Let us know the results. We will certainly assist you further.

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community – Moderator

Hi,

I have the same exact problem.

The solution offered by Aditya_Roy on June 8, 2020 does not help, as CsEnabled does not exist.

Is there an actual solution to the problem?

Thanks.

I am having the same problem.  I bought a top end Surface Pro 4 with i7 and 16 Gb of RAM so I could dock and do development when plugged in, and have a lightweight machine to take when meeting clients and not have to run two machines and/or copy files around.

Thanks to MS because of this update I now have a $2,000 machine that maxxes out between running chrome, AV, teams, and handful of basic apps.  Please quit being my chaperone and let me decide how to best use my computer.  Give us back the high performance mode and let us change power settings like Windows has operated for 15 years.

Like others I have had this problem since the 2004 update. CsEnabled isn't in the registry, and the PowerShell commands return "Not supported". I currently can't use my Surface Pro 7 for it's intended purpose when plugged in.