Retrieves the current system power policy settings.

Syntax

BOOLEAN WINAPI GetCurrentPowerPolicies(
  __out  PGLOBAL_POWER_POLICY pGlobalPowerPolicy,
  __out  PPOWER_POLICY pPowerPolicy
);

Parameters

pGlobalPowerPolicy [out]

A pointer to a GLOBAL_POWER_POLICY structure that receives the current global power policy settings.

pPowerPolicy [out]

A pointer to a POWER_POLICY structure that receives the power policy settings that are unique to the active power scheme.

Return Value

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

If the function fails, the return value is zero. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

To update the current power policy settings, call the WriteGlobalPwrPolicy or WritePwrScheme functions.

For more information on using PowrProf.h, see Power Schemes.

Requirements

See Also

Power Schemes

Power Management Functions

GLOBAL_POWER_POLICY

POWER_POLICY

WriteGlobalPwrPolicy

WritePwrScheme

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