How to permanently disable Windows 11 "efficiency mode"?

Anonymous
2023-08-01T12:40:29+00:00

New system

"Efficiency Mode" to OFF

Settings to maximize performance.

Opened Edge with 9 tabs, used for 15 minutes (every tab)

19 tabs and processes in "Efficiency Mode"

Types question

30 tabs and processes in "Efficiency Mode"

Windows STOPPED

Unable to change tabs or programs

The (anti) efficiency mode is severely disrupting system performance.

WHY?

How do I STOP this?

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-12-29T21:16:00+00:00

    You and, I both know that. That’s not the answer I was looking for. Windows has a serious design issue with this efficiency mode. It runs when you don’t want it to. They need to fix it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-29T19:35:22+00:00

    To fix it you can follow these directions:

    1. get a USB stick
    2. go to Linux Mint website and download the ISO
    3. download RUFUS and install
    4. Use RUFUS to burn a bootable USB
    5. You can install aside to Windows or replace Windows

    With Linux Mint running the UI will be similar to Windows and you should be able to get full speed for you data updates.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-12-29T15:25:47+00:00

    I'm also having a windows efficiency problem. I'm doing a file transfer from my computer to my NAS. The file transfer is going to take 22hrs now because of the efficiency setting. How do I disable it for large file transfers? I've got the computer in high performance mode and checked to make sure that there was no eco settings checked.

    Let's hope Microsoft can do better with the next update.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-12-21T19:24:48+00:00

    Good afternoon Lawrence, I think you are not understanding or are playing dumb, the problem is not with EDGE but with the entire operating system, we want to disable this feature for all applications, is it clear now or do you want me to draw it...

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-12-18T20:59:39+00:00

    The Windows 11 Efficiency Mode applies to any .exe program and will reduce performance of the application. There appears to be no registry setting to turn this off. BUT it appears that most modern programs honor the --disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess command line option.

    To stop the efficiency mode for any .exe, create a shortcut to the exe then update the TARGET to include this flag. For Example, for ESRI's ArcGIS Pro software the Target in the shortcut would become:

    "C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Pro\bin\ArcGISPro.exe" --disable-features=UseEcoQoSForBackgroundProcess

    This same pattern appears to work for a shortcut for to ANY .exe (e.g., works for your Chrome and Edge shortcuts).

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