Critical battery notification action
Verified with Windows 11 25H2 — updated on July 30, 2026
Supported on: At least Windows Vista
Path in the GPO console
Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Power Management\Notification Settings Description
This policy setting specifies the action that Windows takes when battery capacity reaches the critical battery notification level. If you enable this policy setting, select one of the following actions: -Take no action -Sleep -Hibernate -Shut down If you disable or do not configure this policy setting, users control this setting.
Registry
HKLM
Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\637EA02F-BBCB-4015-8E2C-A1C7B9C0B546 MDM / Intune (CSP)
./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/DCBatteryDischargeAction0_2 Microsoft Learn documentation Mapping data: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0)
Export Builder
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.reg file
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
; Exported from gporais.com
; Policy: Critical battery notification action
; State: Enabled
; Supported on: At least Windows Vista
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\637EA02F-BBCB-4015-8E2C-A1C7B9C0B546]
"DCSettingIndex"=dword:00000000More formats (PowerShell, Intune, SCCM)
PowerShell
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Critical battery notification action
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\637EA02F-BBCB-4015-8E2C-A1C7B9C0B546'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Value 0 -Type DWordIntune XML
OMA-URI: ./Device/Vendor/MSFT/Policy/Config/ADMX_Power/DCBatteryDischargeAction0_2
Data type: String
Value:
<enabled/>
<data id="SelectDCBatteryDischargeAction0" value="0"/>Intune Remediation
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Critical battery notification action
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\637EA02F-BBCB-4015-8E2C-A1C7B9C0B546' -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Critical battery notification action
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\637EA02F-BBCB-4015-8E2C-A1C7B9C0B546'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Value 0 -Type DWordSCCM scripts
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Critical battery notification action
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
# SCCM Configuration Item guidance:
# Create a Configuration Item of type "Setting: Script".
# Discovery script: use the Detection script below.
# Remediation script: use the Remediation script below.
# Compliance rule: the Discovery script output equals 'Compliant'.
# === Detection script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Critical battery notification action
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
function Test-RegistryValue {
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$Name,
[object]$Expected,
[ValidateSet('String', 'DWord', 'MultiString')][string]$Kind = 'String',
[switch]$Absent
)
try {
$item = Get-ItemProperty -LiteralPath $Path -Name $Name -ErrorAction Stop
} catch {
return $Absent.IsPresent
}
if ($Absent.IsPresent) { return $false }
$actual = $item.$Name
if ($Kind -eq 'DWord') { return ([int64]$actual) -eq ([int64]$Expected) }
if ($Kind -eq 'MultiString') {
$actualValues = @($actual)
$expectedValues = @($Expected)
if ($actualValues.Count -ne $expectedValues.Count) { return $false }
for ($i = 0; $i -lt $expectedValues.Count; $i++) {
if ([string]$actualValues[$i] -ne [string]$expectedValues[$i]) { return $false }
}
return $true
}
return [string]$actual -eq [string]$Expected
}
$checks = @(
(Test-RegistryValue -Path 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\637EA02F-BBCB-4015-8E2C-A1C7B9C0B546' -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Expected 0 -Kind DWord)
)
if ($checks -notcontains $false) {
Write-Output 'Compliant'
exit 0
}
Write-Output 'Non-compliant'
exit 1
# === Remediation script ===
# Exported from gporais.com
# Policy: Critical battery notification action
# State: Enabled
# Supported on: At least Windows Vista
$path = 'HKLM:\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Power\PowerSettings\637EA02F-BBCB-4015-8E2C-A1C7B9C0B546'
New-Item -Path $path -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path $path -Name 'DCSettingIndex' -Value 0 -Type DWordBuilding a multi-setting collection? Add this setting and generate combined .reg / PowerShell / GPO scripts.