Battery not charging leads to corrupt desktop icons-why?

[fenderbender]

Greetings,fellow Forumeers,this problem is weird! When I plug in my laptop charger I'm getting the message,'Charger connected,batterynot charging'.So,I uninstalled the 'Microsoft ACPI Comp.Con' using Device Manager,restarted the laptop,inserted the charger,and it worked.HOWEVER,at the same time,when I restarted again,all the internet desktop icons had been corrupted & gone white. Aagh! So,next I found the'IconCache.db' file & deleted it. When I restarted again,the icons had been restored,but the battery wasn't charging again! I went through the same procedures over & over.(and over!) The same happens every time.for weeks,and it takes soooo long to do it-Please help! Fenderbender.

 

[TechnoMage2016]

Did you ever consider that maybe you need a new battery?

I have a laptop that says, "Plugged in but not charging", and it definitely needs a new battery.

You don't say what the brand or age of your laptop is. For the lack of important information, I can only reply in the most general terms.

There is at least one Brand/Model of laptop that has a known problem in the battery maintenance circuit in the laptop. Even with a new battery installed, it still won't operate properly. The best solution is 'A New Laptop'.

I have a little laptop that I use almost every day, to check my email, and it will go down to the low 90% before the charging circuit will kick in and start recharging the battery. I know it's that way and I just don't let it bug me anymore.

Good Luck Mate!

 

[fenderbender]

Just to clarify,I'm using an Acer Travelmate laptop,running Windows 7/32 bit.One switch on this morning,it was not charging,yet again! So,I did as in my first post,deleting the 'Microsoft ACPI comp-con'and restarting. OK,so now it's reading ,'Charging ' again. I also deleted the 'Icon Cache.db.' file once again,but my desktop icons are still annoyingly all white! Why should it do this,so many times? Any help would be gratefully received! Thanks,all.

 

[iko22]

Check the Power Plan setting.

Could be that the selected Power Plan has become corrupted.

Try changing to a different Power Plan, and see if there is any difference.

Alternatively, from a cmd prompt, type powercfg -restoredefaultschemes, and press enter.
This will restore the Power Plans to their default settings.