Allow display required policy

  • Article

Specifies whether Windows allows applications to temporarily prevent the display from automatically reducing brightness or turning off to save power.

Aliases and setting visibility

  • Windows provisioning: Common\Power\Policy\Settings\Display\AllowDisplayRequired

  • PowerCfg: ALLOWDISPLAY

  • GUID: a9ceb8da-cd46-44fb-a98b-02af69de4623

  • Hidden setting: Yes

Values

Index Name Description

0

No

Applications are not allowed to temporarily prevent display power management.

1

Yes

Applications are allowed to temporarily prevent display power management.

Applies to

Available in Windows 7 and later versions of Windows.