What is ‘Your Power Plan information isn’t available’ error in Windows 10?
If you are facing ‘Power Plan information isn’t available Windows 10’ or ‘Your Power Plan information isn’t available’ error while trying to see Power Plans under ‘Power Options’ utility in Windows 10, then you are in right place for the solution. Here, you will be guided with easy steps/methods to resolve the error. Let’s starts the discussion.
‘Power Plan’ option in Windows 10: Power Plan option (also known as Power Scheme) is collection of hardware and system settings that manages how computers use and conserve power. By default, Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 include three power plans including Balanced, Power Saver and High Performance. You can customize these existing plans for your Windows computer, create new plans that are based on existing plans, or create a new power plan for scratch.
When you optimize Power Plans in Windows computer, it helps to improve battery life. It is quite simple to create a customized power plan via Power Options in Control Panel. However, several users reported that they faced ‘Power Plan information isn’t available Windows 10’ or ‘Your Power Plan information isn’t available’ error while they are trying to see Power Plans under ‘Power Options’ in Windows 10 computer. Users reported this error is started appearing usually after Windows update.
The possible reason behind this error can be malware or viruses infections in computer, problematic Windows update installed or outdated Windows OS and others. Sometimes, this type of error is appeared due to some temporary glitch in your Windows computer. You can just restart your computer in order to fix temporary glitch and resolve this error. Let’s go for the solution.
How to fix Power Plan information isn’t available Windows 10?
Method 1: Fix ‘Your Power Plan information isn’t available’ error with ‘PC Repair Tool’
‘PC Repair Tool’ is easy & quick way to find and fix BSOD errors, DLL errors, EXE errors, problems with programs/applications, malware or viruses infections, system files or registry issues, and other system issues with just few clicks. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 2: Fix ‘Your Power Plan information isn’t available’ error using Registry Editor
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘regedit’ in the opened ‘Run’ window and hit ‘Ok’ button to open ‘Registry Editor’
Step 2: In ‘Registry Editor’ window, navigate to following path in left pane
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlMUI
Step 3: Once you are in correct path, right-click on ‘MUI’ and select ‘New > Key’ and name the new key to ‘StringCacheSettings’
Step 4: Now, in right pane of created new key, and right-click on empty space and select ‘New > DWORD Value’, and name the value to ‘StringCacheGeneration’
Step 5: Double-click on newly created registry key value to edit, set its value to ‘38b’, check ‘Hexadecimal’ box and hit ‘Ok’ button to save the changes
Step 6: Once done, restart your computer and check if the error is resolved.
Method 3: Run Windows Update/Power Troubleshooter
Windows 10 build-in ‘Windows Update’ and ‘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’, and select ‘Windows Update’ troubleshooter and hit ‘Run the troubleshooter’ button. Follow on-screen instructions to finish troubleshooting
Step 3: Repeat the same steps to run ‘Power’ troubleshooter and once done, please check if the error is resolved.
Method 4: Run System scan for malware or viruses with some powerful antivirus software
As mentioned, malware or viruses attack in computer could be another possible reason behind this error. You can run system scan for malware or viruses with Windows 10 build-in ‘Windows Defender’ antivirus to remove infections. Or you can also try third-party antivirus software for this. Once malware or viruses infections removed, check if the error is resolved and Power Plans under ‘Power Options’ in Control Panel is appeared for you.
Method 5: Disable and re-enable ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) in Device Manager
Another possible way to fix the issue is to disable ACPI option in Device Manager and then re-enable it.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + X’ keys on keyboard and select ‘Device Manager’
Step 2: In ‘Device Manager’, expand ‘System Devices’ category, find ‘ACPI’ device from list and they look like ACPI Lid, ACPI Fixed Feature Button, Microsoft ACPI Complaint System or similar
Step 3: Right-click on it and select ‘Uninstall’ and follow on-screen instructions to finish uninstall process and after that, restart your computer
Step 4: Restarting computer will automatically reinstall ACPI feature in computer and once done, check if the error is resolved.
Method 6: Reset Power Options feature to default settings
Resetting Power Options Settings to default may clear whatever issue is preventing Cindy from using Power Options.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + X’ keys on keyboard and select ‘Command Prompt as Administrator’
Step 2: Type the following command and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute
PowerCfg –RestoreDefaultSchemes
Step 3: Once executed, restart your computer and check if it works for you.
Method 7: Enable Administrator account
Another possible way to resolve the error is to enable Administrator account whether or not your user account is corrupt.
Step 1: Open ‘Command Prompt as Administrator’ using above method
Step 2: Type the following command and hit ‘Enter’ key to execute
net user administrator /active:yes
Step 3: Once done, restart your computer and login with administrator account, and try accessing Power Plans in Power Options and check if the error is resolved.
Method 8: Minimize Windows Services or perform clean boot in Windows 10
If the error is still persist, then you can perform clean boot in Windows 10 in order to resolve the issue.
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘msconfig’ in the opened ‘Run’ window and hit ‘OK’ button to open ‘System Configuration’ window
Step 2: In the opened window, click on ‘Services’ tab, select ‘Hide all Microsoft Services’ checkbox and hit ‘Disable All’ button
Step 3: Finally, click ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’ button to save the changes and restart your computer, and check if the error is resolved.
Conclusion
I am sure this post helped you on How to fix Power Plan information isn’t available Windows 10 with several easy methods/steps. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.
