Set the AC & DC brightness in the current power scheme.

setbrightness.bat

:: Set the AC & DC brightness in the current power scheme.
::
:: Usage: "setbrightness.bat" <brightness-level>
::
:: Based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/26766798
:: Also see https://github.com/HubKing/LinkBrightness
::
:: Public Domain: No License. Written by Jay Satiro <[email protected]>
::
:: https://gist.github.com/jay/2c4ca23314f1ed31c24da390d86c2b23
::
@echo off
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

set GUID_DISPLAY=7516b95f-f776-4464-8c53-06167f40cc99
set GUID_DISPLAY_BRIGHTNESS=aded5e82-b909-4619-9949-f5d71dac0bcb

rem Check that the requested brightness level is valid
echo "%~1"| findstr /r "^\"[0-9][0-9]*\"$" 1>NUL 2>&1
if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 goto usage
if %~1 GTR 100 goto usage
set REQUESTED_BRIGHTNESS=%~1

call :get_current_brightness
set PREVIOUS_BRIGHTNESS=%CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS%

rem Get the active power scheme
set GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME=
for /f "tokens=2 delims=:" %%G in ('powercfg -getactivescheme') do set "GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME=%%~G"
rem echo. & echo Active Power Scheme: "%GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME% "

for /f %%G in ("%GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME%") do set "GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME=%%~G"
echo "%GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME%"| findstr /r "^\"[0123456789abcdefABCDEF][0123456789abcdefABCDEF-]*\"$" 1>NUL 2>&1
if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 echo Error: Could not parse GUID from active power scheme. & exit /b 1

rem Adjusting current power scheme's AC & DC brightness settings.
rem Lines that start with logical-and operator must be indented to be parsed properly.
powercfg -setacvalueindex %GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME% %GUID_DISPLAY% %GUID_DISPLAY_BRIGHTNESS% %REQUESTED_BRIGHTNESS%  ^
  && powercfg -setdcvalueindex %GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME% %GUID_DISPLAY% %GUID_DISPLAY_BRIGHTNESS% %REQUESTED_BRIGHTNESS%  ^
  && powercfg -setactive %GUID_ACTIVE_SCHEME%
set RETCODE=%ERRORLEVEL%
if %RETCODE% NEQ 0 echo. & echo Error: powercfg failed, error %RETCODE%

call :get_current_brightness
if defined CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS (
  echo.
  echo Active Monitor Brightness: %PREVIOUS_BRIGHTNESS%%% -^> %CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS%%%
  if "%CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS%" NEQ "%REQUESTED_BRIGHTNESS%" (
    echo.
    echo WARNING: Active monitor's current brightness level does not match set level.
    rem For example when I set brightness 0 the system actually sets it to 5
  )
) else (
  echo.
  echo WARNING: Active monitor's current brightness level unknown ^(not supported?^).
)

exit /b %RETCODE%

:get_current_brightness
rem Return the active monitor's brightness level in CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS.
rem If the level can't be determined then CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS is set empty.
set CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS=
setlocal ENABLEEXTENSIONS DISABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION

set WMI_CMDLINE= ^
  wmic /namespace:\\root\wmi path WmiMonitorBrightness ^
  WHERE "Active=TRUE" GET CurrentBrightness ^
  /format:list

for /f "usebackq tokens=2 delims==" %%i in (`%WMI_CMDLINE% 2^>NUL`) do (
  set CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS=%%i
)

rem export CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS back to caller
endlocal & set CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS=%CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS%
exit /b 0

:usage
echo.
echo Usage: "%~n0%~x0" ^<brightness-level^>
echo Set the AC ^& DC brightness in the current power scheme to a level from 0 - 100.
call :get_current_brightness
if defined CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS echo. & echo Active Monitor Brightness: %CURRENT_BRIGHTNESS%%%
exit /b 1