How to Add or Remove "Primary NVMe Idle Timeout" from Power Options in Windows 10


The Primary NVMe Idle Timeout setting in Power Options specifies the amount of time the NVMe device must be idle before transitioning to the primary non-operational power state.

By default, Primary NVMe Idle Timeout is set to these values for the following power plans:

Power Plan	On battery	Plugged in
Balanced	100 milliseconds	200 milliseconds
High Performance	200 milliseconds	200 milliseconds
Power Saver	100 milliseconds	100 milliseconds
Ultimate Performance	100 milliseconds	200 milliseconds

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Primary NVMe Idle Timeout setting under Hard disk in Power Options for all users in Windows 10.

You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove this setting in Power Options.

Contents

• Option One: Add or Remove "Primary NVMe Idle Timeout" in Power Options using Command Prompt
• Option Two: Add or Remove "Primary NVMe Idle Timeout" in Power Options using REG file

EXAMPLE: "SEC NVMe Idle Timeout" in Power Options

OPTION ONE

Add or Remove "Primary NVMe Idle Timeout" in Power Options using Command Prompt

1 Open an elevated command prompt.

2 Type the command below you want to use into the elevated command prompt, and press Enter.

(Add)
REG ADD HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442\d639518a-e56d-4345-8af2-b9f32fb26109 /v Attributes /t REG_DWORD /d 2 /f

OR

(Remove - default)
powercfg -attributes SUB_DISK d639518a-e56d-4345-8af2-b9f32fb26109 +ATTRIB_HIDE

3 You can now close the elevated command prompt if you like.

OPTION TWO

Add or Remove "Primary NVMe Idle Timeout" in Power Options using REG file

The downloaded .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\PowerSettings\0012ee47-9041-4b5d-9b77-535fba8b1442\d639518a-e56d-4345-8af2-b9f32fb26109

Attributes DWORD

1 = Remove
2 = Add

1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.

2 To Add "Primary NVMe Idle Timeout" to Power Options

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_Primary_NVMEe_Idle_Timeout_to_Power_Options.reg

Download

3 To Remove "Primary NVMe Idle Timeout" from Power Options

This is the default setting.

A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_Primary_NVMEe_Idle_Timeout_from_Power_Options.reg

Download

4 Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7 You can now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn Brink

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