Why is the green leaf in the energy settings missing and slider is at 50% again after restart?

I click the battery icon in the taskbar and put the slider to the left. The icon in the task bar now shows a green leaf.

It looks like this:

I restart Windows, and the green leaf is gone. I click the battery icon, and I see that the slider is in the middle and the text says "Balanced".

How do I keep the slider where it was before a restart?

Solution 1:

When you move the slider you make a temporary adjustment. When Windows boots, it returns to the configured power setting "Balanced". You can change that by clicking Akkueinstellungen. You'll get a window that looks like this:

I think in German it's "Energieschema" or "Energieoptionen". The currently chosen scheme is "Ausbalanciert", and you can just change it to "Energiesparplan". Ballpark guesses from what I remember encountering German Windows years back :-)

You can change and adjust the settings at will. Just note that changing to Power Saver mode will affect the performance of your system.