Toggle brightness with batch files

[Foeglas]

Edit: This doesn't work in Windows 11 due to WMIC deprecation (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features), see PowerShell 7 alternative in comment

1. Update scripts.yaml. WorkingDirectory must be updated if the batch file locations are changed. ArgsLight and ArgsDark must be updated if the batch file names are changed.

Enabled: true
Component:
  Scripts:
  - Name: Brightness
    Command: cmd
    WorkingDirectory: C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\Batch files
    ArgsLight: [/c, brightnessday.bat]
    ArgsDark: [/c, brightnessnight.bat]
    AllowedSources: [Any]

2. Create the two batch files below in the location referenced by WorkingDirectory. Brightness="" can be 0-100.

brightnessday.bat:

@echo off 
WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\wmi PATH WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods WHERE "Active=TRUE" CALL WmiSetBrightness Brightness=80 Timeout=0

brightnessnight.bat:

@echo off
WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\wmi PATH WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods WHERE "Active=TRUE" CALL WmiSetBrightness Brightness=30 Timeout=0

I originally tried doing this without batch files but nothing happened:

Enabled: true
Component:
  Scripts:
  - Name: Brightness
    Command: cmd
    WorkingDirectory: C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\AutoDarkMode
    ArgsLight: [/c, WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\wmi PATH WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods WHERE "Active=TRUE" CALL WmiSetBrightness Brightness=80 Timeout=0]
    ArgsDark: [/c, WMIC /NAMESPACE:\\root\wmi PATH WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods WHERE "Active=TRUE" CALL WmiSetBrightness Brightness=30 Timeout=0]
    AllowedSources: [Any]

[Spiritreader]

Thank you!

[Foeglas]

The following scripts.yaml generated by perplexity.ai
should work on Windows 11 24H2. Only tested with PowerShell 7 installed but PowerShell 5.1 should also be compatible.

Enabled: true
Component:
  Scripts:
  - Name: Brightness
    Command: powershell
    WorkingDirectory:
    ArgsLight:
    - -NoProfile
    - -Command
    - "$m = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root/WMI -ClassName WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods; Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $m -MethodName WmiSetBrightness -Arguments @{Timeout=1; Brightness=100}"

    ArgsDark:
    - -NoProfile
    - -Command
    - "$m = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root/WMI -ClassName WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods; Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $m -MethodName WmiSetBrightness -Arguments @{Timeout=1; Brightness=50}"

    AllowedSources: [Any]
    TimeoutMillis: 10000

Batch file code (also generated by perplexity.ai
):

@echo off
powershell -NoProfile -Command ^
"$m = Get-CimInstance -Namespace root/WMI -ClassName WmiMonitorBrightnessMethods; ^
Invoke-CimMethod -InputObject $m -MethodName WmiSetBrightness -Arguments @{Timeout=1; Brightness=100}"