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This function requests that Power Manager release a power requirement previously set with SetPowerRequirement. Applications and drivers should always explicitly release their power requirements as soon as they cease to be necessary.

Syntax 

DWORD ReleasePowerRequirement(
  HANDLE 
hPowerReq
);

Parameters

hPowerReq

[in] Specifies a handle returned by a previous successful call to SetPowerRequirement.

Return Value

ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE

Indicates an invalid handle.

ERROR_SUCCESS

Indicates success.

Win32 error code

Used for all other errors.

See Also