Hello Steve,
Try running powercfg at a cmd prompt to set your power options.
This should be the command line tool to change your power settings similar
to the control panel applet.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
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| Power options in control panel won't open,
| the battery icon on task bar doesn't show up
| either.
| Any suggestions?
| Thanks
| Steve
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