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    Power Plan Option all missing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by daverage, Jul 10, 2008.

  1. daverage

    daverage Notebook Guru

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    Hey guys, running vista 64
    I have lost my power plan options.

    It tells me that my registry entries may be missing or corrupted?

    Can anyone help?
     
    daverage, Jul 10, 2008
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935799

    down the bottom of the page, u can try to restore the registry manually. But if it warns that u have a corrupted/damaged registry, best bet is to perform a repair

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jul 10, 2008
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  3. daverage

    daverage Notebook Guru

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    Yeah think the repair is the best option.
    That page I found earlier, just tells you how to set the current power plan, not restore the settings. Thanks though!
     
    daverage, Jul 10, 2008
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    correct, my bad, wait a sec
     
    qhn, Jul 10, 2008
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    I will have a look, thanks.
     
    daverage, Jul 10, 2008
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    I followed that, but sadly it did not give me back my power plan options :(
     
    daverage, Jul 10, 2008
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    Has anyone had any luck here? I have the same exact problem.

    Thanks!
     
    dmason508, Jul 25, 2008
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  9. BatBoy

    BatBoy Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Encountered this same issue today. Shutdown the laptop and when I booted it up a few hours later - all power plans missing. ARGH. Still looking for a way to fix it. I think somehow my registry was screwed. I ghosted the drive on the 6th - so at least I wont lose much if I have to restore the image.

    :(
     
    BatBoy, Aug 13, 2008
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    Have you tried doing a system restore yet?
     
    booboo12, Aug 13, 2008
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    This may help if you want to restore the power plans:
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=271453

    I don't know if 64-bit uses the same files... but I guess it probably does.

    To install the power settings files... I haven't done this, but... run a command prompt as admin and try this:
    powercfg -import filename.pow

    or do "powercfg /?" to see command options.
     
    swarmer, Aug 13, 2008
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  12. BatBoy

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    that makes sense. when i try to import, i get a message stating the file cannot be found. any idea where the originals would be stored on the C: drive?
     
    BatBoy, Aug 13, 2008
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  13. BatBoy

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    Well, rebooted after importing the plans - still no dice. registry keys must be hosed for the power options control panel. they show up when left clicking on the power icon, but when i select more power options, i get a message stating they cant be retrieved.

    oh well, time to restore my most recent backup. Argh.
     
    BatBoy, Aug 13, 2008
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    Yeah, I linked to them. Click the link in my last post, scroll down, and download the attachment ("powerschemes.zip"), unzip it, and run the import command on each of the files.
     
    swarmer, Aug 13, 2008
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    Batboy, I have the same problem with my power options - I believe the registry keys are hosed.

    Have you figured out a solution?

    I believe my problems started when I used EasyCleaner to delete invalid keys from my registry.
     
    atwork, Oct 3, 2008
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