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Improve your Windows 11 device's battery life
![Screenshot](.msstore/images/2_Screenshot.png) # Donate ## Donate on [Buy Me a Coffee](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickjohn): (Open on your phone to pay with Apple Pay or Google Pay) [![Buy me a coffee](src/EnergyStarX/Assets/InApp/Buy_me_a_coffee.png)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nickjohn) ## For Chinese users, scan with WeChat: ![WeChat Donation QR Code](src/EnergyStarX/Assets/InApp/WeChat_Donation_QR_Code.png) # Introduction Energy Star X leverages Windows 11's [EcoQoS API](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/performance-diagnostics/introducing-ecoqos) (aka "Efficiency Mode") to throttle background applications to improve battery life and system thermal. It will not throttle foreground application to ensure user experience. This app is a GUI version of the open source software [EnergyStar](https://github.com/imbushuo/EnergyStar), developed with Windows App SDK (WinUI 3). # Requirements For the best result, you need: ## Software - Windows 11 22H2 (Build 22621) or above ## Hardware - Intel 10th gen or newer mobile processors - AMD Ryzen 5000 or newer mobile processors - Qualcomm mobile processors This app can work on Windows 11 21H2 (Build 22000) and older hardware, but may not get the best result. # Usage Let it run in background in the system tray. You can choose to run it automatically at startup in settings page. You can see a green leaf icon next to throttled background process in Task Manager's "Status" column. ![Task Manager Leaf](src/EnergyStarX/Assets/InApp/Task_Manager_Leaf.jpg) # Known Limitations - If you are using mouse-related software such as [Logi Options+](https://www.logitech.com/en-us/software/logi-options-plus.html), your mouse cursor may lag while moving. Please add these softwares to the whitelist. - If you are using some taskbar enhancement software such as [StartAllBack](https://www.startallback.com), this app may crash when you hover over system tray icon. - Child processes do not get boosted when the parent process receives input focus. - System processes (which is Session 0) do not get throttled. Currently there are some assumption that non-user processes know what they are doing. # Acknowledgements - imbushuo: https://github.com/imbushuo - App Icon: - https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/star_3103390 - https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/accept_4303945 - https://www.flaticon.com/free-icon/pause-button_2285134 # How to contribute See [Contributing.md](./doc/Contributing.md).