Ok, so I am trying to get one icon to switch my laptop to power saver mode, and another to switch it to high performance.
If you enter "powercfg.exe /setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a" into command prompt, it switches you to saver, while "powercfg.exe /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c" sets you to high performance. Powercfg.exe is located in C:\Windows\System32, so I've been using that in Rainmeter.
I've tried many ways of making it work, but in general, Rainmeter will run "C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe" (it brings up a box that quickly closes), but as soon as I try to add the parameter, it doesn't work, whether by
"C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a"
or
"C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe" "setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a"
or anything else I've tried. Any suggestions?
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Changing Power Modes Within Rainmeter
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Re: Changing Power Modes Within Rainmeter
Oh, I also tried having two shortcuts (named High and Saver) that link to C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe /setactive 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c, and they work great. However, if I try to link to them in rainmeter (ie. LeftMouseDownAction="Saver" or LeftMouseDownAction="Saver.lnk"), it does nothing.
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Re: Changing Power Modes Within Rainmeter
I believe the command line switch for powercfg is a "-" instead of a "/".
Also, your parameters need to be outside of your quotes.
Try this: LeftMouseUpAction=["C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe" -setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a]
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Also, your parameters need to be outside of your quotes.
Try this: LeftMouseUpAction=["C:\Windows\System32\powercfg.exe" -setactive a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a]
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Re: Changing Power Modes Within Rainmeter
The quotes thing did it! Thank you so much