I have several laptops which support USB-C charging, and a 65W GaN PD charger. It's nice to have a compact power supply that works on a bunch of different laptops, even if it can't deliver the full power provided by their dedicated chargers -- it's plenty for keeping the battery topped up while doing light web browsing and whatnot.
On some of them, every time I plug in, I get a notification saying "Slow Charger", and that I really should use the packed-in charger instead. I know it's slow, I don't care, but the notification often pops up over something I'm trying to read and doesn't seem to go away on its own.
I don't think I get this warning (or it's not the exact same warning) on every system that supports PD charging. The one that's bugging me now is on a Surface Book 2, if that makes a difference. I just want to change a registry setting or something to stop the warning from appearing, but I haven't been able to find anything about it online. Does anybody know where this warning comes from? Can I kill it permanently?
11 Answer
See the articleHow to Turn On or Off PC Charging Slowly over USB Notification in Windows 10.
The setting is found in the registry at keyHKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\USB.
The item name is NotifyOnWeakCharger, type DWORD,
and its values are 0 for Off and 1 for On.
The following .reg file will set it to disabled:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shell\USB]
"NotifyOnWeakCharger"=dword:00000000
