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Hello
I've got a problem

It happened yesterday, when my laptop's battery ran out of energy. Thus, my laptop turned off and I charged it. Right after restarting, I couldn't turn on the battery saver. So, I restarted it again but it still didn't work. I checked the settings and noticed that some categories had disappeared (such as Display, Power and Battery, Storage, Nearby Sharing, etc...). Even if I type what I'm looking for in the search bar, like "battery saver", it just sends me to the settings, but I still can't find the missing categories. And some of the options can't be turned on, they're greyed out. Even after restarting, the problem still occurs.

Answer 1

Hey thanks a lot Dave for your response !

Problem is that my laptop was provided by the company I work for, so I don't have the Administrator rights. I'm currently on holiday. Do you have another solution ? If not, thank you very much for your response anyway !

Answer 2

Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

1

Open Device Manager (accessible by right clicking your Start Button)

Expand the Batteries section

For each device in that section:

Right click and choose Disable

Then right click and choose Enable

Close Device Manager

Restart your laptop and check if that resolves the problems.

2

If not, open PowerShell as Administrator, then run this command and press Enter:

Get-AppxPackage *windows.immersivecontrolpanel* | Reset-AppxPackage

When that completes, run this command and press Enter:

Get-AppXPackage | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}

Close PowerShell when that completes, then restart (not shut down) your laptop.