Is it possible to change User scenario without opening the MSi center?

[jokeywe15ba02e9]

As per title, is there a way to quiclky change User scenarios without having every time to open the MSI center?
For example if it's possible to change via the MSI notification icon or maybe via creating some shortcuts?
Thanks for your help

 

[drek4]

As per title, is there a way to quiclky change User scenarios without having every time to open the MSI center?
For example if it's possible to change via the MSI notification icon or maybe via creating some shortcuts?
Thanks for your help

Well you can activate or deactivate COOLER BOOST, with a combination of keys.
Check in your laptops manual, you will see other combinations available for other purposes also.

 

[jokeywe15ba02e9]

Well you can activate or deactivate COOLER BOOST, with a combination of keys.
Check in your laptops manual, you will see other combinations available for other purposes also.

Hi, thanks for your reply but the cooler boost is the only one available, while I need to move between 'Balanced', 'Silent' and 'Super Battery'. Via SteelSeries tool it's possible to configure new FN shortcuts but there is nothing between those that allows to change the MSI user scenarios. It's possible to launch an application but that's what I want to avoid. Perhaps if there is a command I can set, that would be the best.

 

[SumGuy]

Unfortunately, I don't think you can do this with MSI Center, but you should be able to control the Windows Power Plans by using the powercfg commands, and you can use an app called FanControl to switch fan profiles. Using these options, you can just close MSI Center completely unless you absolutely need it for something else. Just remember it's not a good idea to run multiple hardware monitoring/control apps at the same time, as they can conflict with each other.

I have macros on my keyboard to switch power plans.
For example, my macro to switch to the Ryzen Balanced plan:
1. Tap Win+R
2. Type powercfg -s 9897998c-92de-4669-853f-b7cd3ecb2790
3. Tap ENTER

Of course, if you don't have macro capabilities, you can make batch files & then run them with shortcuts and even create hotkeys for those-

-Create a batch file like so:
1. Run CMD as Admin and type the following to list your Windows Power Plans:
powercfg /list

2. Copy the Power Scheme GUID for the profile you want (only the long string of numbers is necessary).

3. Create a new text file with the name of the Power Plan you want to switch to.

Type in the following:

@Echo off
powercfg -s (Paste in the GUID of the Scheme you copied from Step 2)

4. Save & close the text file.

5. Change the text file extension from ".txt" to ".bat"


-To create a shortcut to run the batch file(s):

1. Place the batch file(s) wherever you'd like. (I place them in "C:\Program Files\Power Profiles")

2. Right click the individual batch file(s) and select "Create Shortcut" (Place the shortcut(s) wherever).


-If you want to run them with a Shortcut key instead of clicking on them:

1. Right click the shortcut(s) and select "Properties".

2. In the "Shortcut" tab, click the field next to "Shortcut key" and type in the key combo you want to use to run it. (Make sure not to overwrite any important shortcut keys that may already be in use by Windows, etc.)


As for controlling fans, you can check out the FanControl app here:

GitHub - Rem0o/FanControl.Releases: This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.

This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows. - Rem0o/FanControl.Releases

github.com

Then you can use the following to switch FanControl Profiles:

Hotkeys Automate config changes (V136 and up)

This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows. - Rem0o/FanControl.Releases

github.com

If FanControl isn't compatible with your particular PC, then you might have to stick with BIOS fan control settings.

 

[ishaq4158d02e4]

As per title, is there a way to quiclky change User scenarios without having every time to open the MSI center?
For example if it's possible to change via the MSI notification icon or maybe via creating some shortcuts?
Thanks for your help

I have MSI GE67HX and the msi Center does not allow me to change user scenarios with FN+F7 key. It just opens up the Center and then I have togo to features -> User S. and then click it. So I created my own hotkey to do this stuff. CTRL+ALT+1/2/3/4 to change modes from Ex. Per to Eco.

MSIScenarioHotkeys-Setup.zip

drive.google.com

Link to the hotkey setup

 

[ishaq4158d02e4]

I have MSI GE67HX and the msi Center does not allow me to change user scenarios with FN+F7 key. It just opens up the Center and then I have togo to features -> User S. and then click it. So I created my own hotkey to do this stuff. CTRL+ALT+1/2/3/4 to change modes from Ex. Per to Eco.

MSIScenarioHotkeys-Setup.zip

drive.google.com

Link to the hotkey setup

 

[GhostDeck]

Late to this, but the question comes up often enough that a full answer is worth having, and the thread was bumped recently.

First, a distinction that trips people up: the Windows power plan and MSI's User Scenario are two different things. powercfg switches the Windows plan, which affects how the CPU scheduler and Windows behave. The User Scenario lives in the laptop's Embedded Controller and sets the firmware's power and fan policy. Changing one does not change the other, so powercfg alone will not give you what MSI Center's Scenario dropdown does.

MSI Center itself has no hotkey or command for the scenarios, which is why the answers above end where they do.

Full disclosure: because I wanted the same thing, I wrote a free, open-source tool for it. It is called GhostDeck: https://github.com/wygodad/ghostdeck

It switches the four profiles (Silent, Balanced, Extreme, Super Battery) from:

1. 1) global hotkeys, rebindable, default Ctrl+Alt+F1 to F4
2. 2) a tray menu, plus scroll wheel or middle click on the tray icon
3. 3) the command line: GhostDeck.exe --profile Silent, which is exactly what you want for a keyboard macro or a SteelSeries "launch application" binding. It works whether the app is running or not automatically when you plug in or unplug the charger
4. 4) It talks to the Embedded Controller through MSI's own WMI interface and writes the same register values MSI Center writes, so there is no kernel driver, nothing is disabled in Windows, and it works with MSI Center closed. It needs administrator rights for that access, EC writes are volatile so a reboot restores the firmware defaults, and it is a single portable exe with no installer.

Two things worth being straight about. On a laptop whose EC firmware it does not recognise it stays read-only and writes nothing, deliberately, so it cannot push wrong values at an untested machine. 17 models are confirmed on real hardware by their owners; the rest are recognised from published register maps and sit behind an explicit opt-in. The GE67 HX is one of the confirmed ones, verified by its owner, so it should just work there.

It also brings back Silent, which MSI Center 2.0 dropped on many models, and lets a custom fan curve run in any profile instead of only in Extreme.

To be clear, this is an unofficial, independent project. It is not affiliated with, endorsed or supported by MSI. "MSI" and "MSI Center" are trademarks of Micro-Star International, used here only to say what it is compatible with.