nf-powrprof-powerwritepossiblefriendlyname.md

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NF:powrprof.PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName	PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName function (powrprof.h)	Sets the friendly name for the specified possible setting of a power setting.	GUID_BATTERY_SUBGROUP GUID_DISK_SUBGROUP GUID_PCIEXPRESS_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP GUID_PROCESSOR_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP GUID_SLEEP_SUBGROUP GUID_SYSTEM_BUTTON_SUBGROUP GUID_VIDEO_SUBGROUP NO_SUBGROUP_GUID PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName function base.powerwritepossiblefriendlyname powrprof/PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName	base\powerwritepossiblefriendlyname.htm	base	981e813b-f3c8-44d2-ac1f-ca74f4795c85	12/05/2018	GUID_BATTERY_SUBGROUP, GUID_DISK_SUBGROUP, GUID_PCIEXPRESS_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP, GUID_PROCESSOR_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP, GUID_SLEEP_SUBGROUP, GUID_SYSTEM_BUTTON_SUBGROUP, GUID_VIDEO_SUBGROUP, NO_SUBGROUP_GUID, PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName, PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName function, base.powerwritepossiblefriendlyname, powrprof/PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName	powrprof.h		Windows	Windows Vista [desktop apps only]	Windows Server 2008 [desktop apps only]										PowrProf.lib	PowrProf.dll		Windows			19H1	PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName powrprof/PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName	c++	APIRef kbSyntax	DllExport	PowrProf.dll	PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName

PowerWritePossibleFriendlyName function

-description

Sets the friendly name for the specified possible setting of a power setting.

-parameters

-param RootPowerKey [in, optional]

This parameter is reserved for future use and must be set to NULL.

-param SubGroupOfPowerSettingsGuid [in, optional]

The subgroup of power settings. This parameter can be one of the following values defined in WinNT.h. Use NO_SUBGROUP_GUID to refer to the default power scheme.

Value	Meaning
NO_SUBGROUP_GUID fea3413e-7e05-4911-9a71-700331f1c294	Settings in this subgroup are part of the default power scheme.
GUID_DISK_SUBGROUP 0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442	Settings in this subgroup control power management configuration of the system's hard disk drives.
GUID_SYSTEM_BUTTON_SUBGROUP 4f971e89-eebd-4455-a8de-9e59040e7347	Settings in this subgroup control configuration of the system power buttons.
GUID_PROCESSOR_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP 54533251-82be-4824-96c1-47b60b740d00	Settings in this subgroup control configuration of processor power management features.
GUID_VIDEO_SUBGROUP 7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99	Settings in this subgroup control configuration of the video power management features.
GUID_BATTERY_SUBGROUP e73a048d-bf27-4f12-9731-8b2076e8891f	Settings in this subgroup control battery alarm trip points and actions.
GUID_SLEEP_SUBGROUP 238C9FA8-0AAD-41ED-83F4-97BE242C8F20	Settings in this subgroup control system sleep settings.
GUID_PCIEXPRESS_SETTINGS_SUBGROUP 501a4d13-42af-4429-9fd1-a8218c268e20	Settings in this subgroup control PCI Express settings.

-param PowerSettingGuid [in, optional]

The identifier of the power setting.

-param PossibleSettingIndex [in]

The zero-based index for the possible setting.

-param Buffer [in]

The friendly name, in wide (Unicode) characters.

-param BufferSize [in]

The size of the buffer pointed to by the Buffer parameter.

-returns

Returns ERROR_SUCCESS (zero) if the call was successful, and a nonzero value if the call failed.

-remarks

Changes to the settings for the active power scheme do not take effect until you call the PowerSetActiveScheme function.

-see-also

Power Management Functions