What is ‘Cannot access complete Power Options’ issue in Windows 10?
If you are experiencing ‘Cannot access complete Power Options Windows 10’ issue while trying to access ‘Power Options’ setting in Windows 10 computer, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Power Options’ setting in Windows 10: ‘Power Options’ in settings inside ‘Control Panel’ associated with Windows Operating system. In Windows 10, ‘Power Options’ setting allows you to adjust your power plan and power settings on your Windows computer. It is quite simple to access or open ‘Power Options’ setting in Windows 10 by ‘Control Panel’. To do so, you need open ‘Control Panel’ in Windows computer and navigate to ‘Hardware and Sound’ and choose ‘Choose what the power buttons do’ option.
However, several users reported that they cannot access complete Power Options Windows 10 even when they attempt to open ‘Power Options’ via ‘Control Panel’. They explained this issue is persisting or occurring after Windows OS upgrade. It means recently installed Windows update in computer could be a reason behind this issue. This issue similar to ‘Power plan is not available’ and ‘Missing default power plans’ issue.
One possible way to fix the issue is to install latest Windows updates in your computer and if the current Windows update version is causing this error, then you can try to uninstall the current Windows update version or wait to next Windows update hope the next update will resolve the issue. Another possible reason this issue can be corruption or damage in your system folders or affected essential data that are needed for machine to perform.
Malware or viruses attack in computer could be also one possible reason behind the issue. Malware can cause corruption in your system registry and other directories as well as corruption in functions of ‘Power Options’ settings. In such case, you can try to fix the issue by running system scan for malware or viruses with some powerful antivirus to remove malware or infections. You can try ‘PC Repair Tool’ which offers you to remove infections and fix your Windows PC problems. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix ‘Cannot access complete Power Options Windows 10’?
Method 1: Fix ‘Cannot access complete Power Options’ issue with ‘PC Repair Tool’
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Method 2: Run ‘Power’ troubleshooter in Windows 10
Windows 10 build-in ‘Power’ troubleshooter can resolve the issue. Let’s try.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + I’ keys on keyboard to open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10
Step 2: In ‘Settings’ App, go to ‘Update & Security > Troubleshoot’
Step 3: In right pane, find and click on ‘Additional Troubleshooters’, and find and select ‘Power’ troubleshooter, and then hit ‘Run the troubleshooter’ button under this
Step 4: Follow on-screen instructions to finish troubleshooting and once done, please check if the issue is resolved.
Method 3: Create a Power Plan in Windows 10
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + X’ keys on keyboard and select ‘Power Options’ to open ‘Power Options’ window
Step 2: In the opened window, click on ‘Additional Power settings’ link under ‘Related Settings’ and click on ‘Create a power plan’ option
Step 3: In the opened window, select ‘High Performance’ radio button, enter the name for your power plan in ‘Plan Name’ field and then hit ‘Next’
Step 4: Select the timeouts for Sleep Mode and display that you prefer and hit ‘Create’ option. This will create new power plan and activate it.
Step 5: If you want to change your power plan settings, click on ‘Change plan settings’ link and click ‘Change Advanced Power Settings’ option.
Step 6: In the opened window, you can tune all the settings and then hit ‘Ok’ to save the changes.
Method 4: Run few commands in Command Prompt to restore default power plans
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + X’ keys on keyboard and select ‘Command Prompt as Administrator’
Step 2: In ‘Command Prompt’, type the following commands one-by-one and hit ‘Enter’ key after each to execute. First command is for power saver scheme, seconds command for balanced scheme, and third & forth command for high performance scheme.
powercfg.exe -duplicatescheme a1841308-3541-4fab-bc81-f71556f20b4a
exe -duplicatescheme 381b4222-f694-41f0-9685-ff5bb260df2e
exe -duplicatescheme 8c5e7fda-e8bf-4a96-9a85-a6e23a8c635c
exe -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
Step 3: Once executed, try accessing ‘Power Options’ settings and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 5: Run few commands in command prompt to import a Power Plan
Step 1: Open ‘Command Prompt as Administrator’ using above method
Step 2: In Command Prompt, type the following command and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute
powercfg -import “The full path to your .pow file
Step 3: Provide the ‘Path’ to your ‘*.pow’ file and once executed, exit Command Prompt and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 6: Check if your power plans are there in ‘Power Settings’
Step 1: Type ‘Power Options’ in ‘Windows Search Box’ and open it from results appear
Step 2: In ‘Power Options’ setting window opened, check if your power plans are there
Method 7: Fix ‘Cannot access complete Power Options’ issue using ‘Registry Editor’
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘regedit’ in the opened ‘Run’ dialog box and hit ‘OK’ to open ‘Registry Editor’
Step 2: In ‘Registry Editor’, navigate to following path in left pane:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\\CurrentControlSet\\Control\\Power
Step 3: Now, find and double-click on ‘CsEnabled’ key to edit the key, set its value from ‘1’ to ‘0’, and then click on ‘Ok’ to save the changes
Step 4: Once done, restart your computer and check if ‘Cannot access complete Power Options’ issue is resolved.
Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix Cannot access complete Power Options Windows 10 with several easy steps/methods. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
