When Cubase is running, Windows7 never sleeps, etc. it seems the power saving options are disabled. I like this and want Guitar Rig (standalone) to do it as well when it is running. I didn’t see any way in the Control Panel to tie the power saving options to specific programs. Anyone know how to do it?
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa373163(v=vs.85).aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa373243(v=vs.85).aspx
[Mod edit: fixed broken links]
Thanks for the reply. This seems to describe how to write the functionality into the program (like Cubase must have done). I certainly don’t have the know-how to “insert” this function into the Guitar Rig program.
I guess I thought there would be a way to tell Windows (from the Control Panel, not from within the software code) not to sleep or turn off the display when a certain program is running.
That was my point exactly (should have included a smiley on my post). This behaviour must be programmed inside the program. As a user there nothing you can do, unless you find a third-party program which does something like:
- runs on the background and anytime it sees GuitarRig running turns off power saving
or - turns off power saving functions, runs GuitarRig and turns them back on after GuitarRig has ended
Now after writing this answer, I realised it shouldn’t be too difficult to do it yourself:
- Set you PC into normal operation power scheme (on Control Panel)
- Run CMD and in command prompt type
powercfg /getactivescheme - write down the resulting GUID string (let’s call it GUID2)
- Set you PC into GuitarRig operation power scheme (on Control Panel)
- Run CMD and in command prompt type
powercfg /getactivescheme - write down the resulting GUID string (let’s call it GUID1)
Write a CMD script which uses POWERCFG
POWERCFG /setactivescheme GUID1
RUN_GUITAR_RIG (whatever command starts GuiotarRig)
POWERCFG /setactivescheme GUID2
More about powercfg: