Solved power option in taskbar

[Gilly]

hey guys.
Does anyone know how i can get the power options in my taskbar ?
its greyed out in system icons ....

 

[richc46]

YOu can try to type power options in search, and then drag to task bar; that may work.

Weather the above does or not work, this may be more to your liking.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/21990-power-plan-create-shortcut-change-power-plan.html?filter[2]=Power Management

 

[Brink]

Hello Gilly,

You will not have the Power system icon available to select from unless you have either a laptop/notebook or a desktop connected to a UPS battery backup with it's data cable. If you do, then sometimes a simple restart may sort this. If not, then this may help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/19085-system-icons-enable-disable.html


If you do not have a laptop/notebook or a desktop connected to a UPS battery backup with it's data cable, then you could create one of these shortcuts that would work for you to pin to the taskbar (or where you like).

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/21990-power-plan-create-shortcut-change-power-plan.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/66925-power-options-shortcut-create.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

 

[Gilly]

Hello Gilly,

You will not have the Power system icon available to select from unless you have either a laptop/notebook or a desktop connected to a UPS battery backup with it's data cable. If you do, then sometimes a simple restart may sort this. If not, then this may help.

Shawn

ok thank
nevermind

 

[Brink]

You're most welcome Gilly.

 

[wtgreen]

This is an old thread, but still has useful information. I found it while searching for how to enable the Power switching system tray icon, which apparently you can't enable when running on a Desktop without a UPS. I think it's useful to occassionally switch my PC to not sleep/hibernate because I want it available on the network for certain activity.

While the short-cut information above is definitely useful, I eventually found a better solution: the open-source utility Power Scheme Switcher. https://powerschemeswitcher.codeplex.com/ It runs in the system tray, doesn't collect data like some of the other "free" utilities that provide the same functionality, and it provides a quick and easy way to switch between Power settings.

Hopefully if someone else stumbles on this thread they'll find it useful.

 

[Brink]

Hello wtgreen, and welcome to Seven Forums.

If you like, instead of installing 3 party software, you could use a desktop context menu.

Power Plan - Choose from Desktop Context Menu in Windows

 

[wtgreen]

Thanks for that tip Brink. I think I like the system tray utility better because it lets me *see* what the current power scheme is too, but the desktop short-cut is an interesting approach.

I downloaded it just to see how the icons and sub-menu are added since I have some other desktop short-cuts I've created that could use a little polish. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Brink]

Anytime.

 

[J J B]

Open Control Panal
Right-click Control Panal icon in taskbar
Select pin this program to taskbar

Right-click on Control Panal icon in taskbar
Select Power Options

This was added so late because the search in google came up with this forum entry in first position.