Power Plan Switcher Tray (icon) App

A lightweight Windows tray application to switch between power plans instantly (usefull for laptops+docking stations) and tweak detailed per-plan settings (buttons, lid, display, and sleep timeouts).
Includes bilingual UI (English / Español) and theme-aware icons for light/dark Windows modes.

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⭐ Key Features

• Runs quietly in the system tray
• Lets you assign up to 4 power plan slots:
  • A – Desktop icon
  • B – Laptop icon
  • C – Bolt icon
  • D – Moon icon
• Left-click the tray icon to cycle through assigned plans
• Right-click to open full settings and configuration
• Uses the Windows PowrProf API directly (no powercfg.exe calls)
• Bilingual UI: English / Español (MX)
• Theme-aware icons: Light/Dark variants adjust automatically to the Windows theme

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🔌 Power Plan Slots

• Enumerates all existing Windows power plans using powrprof.dll
• Any plan can be assigned to slot A/B/C/D
• Switching plans updates the tray icon instantly
• Cycles only through assigned slots (1–4 plans depending on configuration)

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🎛 Buttons & Lid Configuration (Per-Plan)

For each power plan, you can edit behaviors for:

• Power button action
• Sleep button action
• Lid close action

Each action can be set separately for:

• On AC power
• On battery

Available actions:

• Do nothing
• Sleep
• Hibernate
• Shut down

These settings map directly to the real Windows system power options.

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🌙 Display & Sleep Timeouts (Per-Plan)

Independently for AC and battery, you can set:

• Display off timeout
• Console lock display off timeout
• Sleep after
• Hibernate after
• Unattended sleep timeout

Timeout options include:

• Preset values: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 60, 120 minutes
• Custom timeout in minutes (0 = Never)

All changes apply instantly to the selected plan.

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🌐 Language Support

• The UI can be switched manually between:
  • English
  • Español
• Language preference is saved to:

%APPDATA%\SwitchPowerTray\config.txt

On the first run, the app automatically detects your Windows UI language.

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🎨 Icon & Theme Handling

The app includes embedded icons in light/dark variants for:

• Desktop
• Laptop
• Bolt
• Moon

Behavior:

• If Windows is in light mode, the app uses dark icons (higher contrast)
• If Windows is in dark mode, the app uses light icons
• Optionally, you can force:
  • Auto
  • Light icons
  • Dark icons

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📂 Configuration Files

User configuration is stored in:

%APPDATA%\SwitchPowerTray\config.txt

This file keeps:

• Assigned power plan GUIDs (slots A/B/C/D)
• Icon theme preference
• Selected language

A temporary log file is created at:

%TEMP%\SwitchPowerTray.log

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🟦 Auto-Start the Application (Optional)

You can configure the application to run automatically each time Windows starts.

Choose one of the following options depending on whether you want auto-start for all users or only your user account.

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▶ Auto-Start for ALL Users

(recommended if the PC is shared)

Place the executable or a shortcut to it in the system-wide Startup folder:

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

✔ Automatically runs for every user account
✔ Does not require reconfiguration per-user
⚠ Requires administrator permissions

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▶ Auto-Start for Current User Only

Place a shortcut in your personal Startup folder:

%APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

✔ Runs only when your user logs in
✔ Does not require administrator rights

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Notes

• The application runs silently from the system tray
• It uses negligible CPU and memory when idle
• Fully compatible with Windows 10 and Windows 11

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.
See the included LICENSE file for details.

🙌 Contributions & Feedback

Feel free to open issues or submit pull requests!
Suggestions, improvements, and feature requests are welcome.