Generate a Battery Report on Desktop

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I generate a Battery Report on my laptop by opening a command prompt and typing in powercfg/batteryreport

But that does not seem to work on my desktop.

Both are running the same version of Windows 10 Pro

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The desktop runs from a plugged-in power source.
Does your desktop have a rechargeable battery for a power source like the laptop?

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Win 10 will generate a report even when there is no battery as in the image below:

Did the command prompt make a statement when your ran that command such as access denied? It should say the report is battery-report.html in the Windows\System32 folder.

HTH, Dana:))

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The attached file shows what I get when I try to generate a battery report on my Windows 10 desktop computer.  I personally don’t see a need to generate a battery report for a desktop computer, that doesn’t even have a rechargeable battery to be concerned about.

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Another way to get a battery report is from the much larger energy report, which is collected at the time of the command.

You must use an Admin Command prompt for this commend to work.
Administrator Command prompt = Open Run box (WinKey + R), enter cmd, Press Ctrl + Shit + Enter keys at the same time, and Yes to UAC query.

At the prompt enter (copy and paste):

powercfg -energy -output energyreport.html

This will take 60 seconds to run and collect data which is a long time looking at a screen.
The report will be labeled energyreport.html in the Windows\Sysyem32 folder.
The report will open in your default browser and the battery report is in a section labeled Battery: Analysis Success.

Yes, the battery report is quite useless when there is no battery; but, it will generate a report even when there is no battery.

Others may appreciate how to view the energy usage and settings with an energy report.

HTH, Dana:))

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That command does not work on my Surface. Error message says that Windows can’t find that name. It would be a help to me since last year my battery status icon disappeared and haven’t found a way to restore it. Maybe when I update to Win 11 it will come back!

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Don Eager wrote:

…last year my battery status icon disappeared and haven’t found a way to restore it.

If @OldNavyGuy ‘s solution below doesn’t help, feel free to start a topic about just that in the Windows 10 22H2 forum, and we’ll be glad to help you. 🙂

That’s something that you really should look into so you’re not constantly guessing your battery’s state, or having to run with it plugged in all the time due to not being sure just how long the battery will last on its own.

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Don Eager wrote:

my battery status icon disappeared and haven’t found a way to restore it.

Settings > Personalization > Taskbar > Notification area (right side of the screen) > Select which icons appear on the taskbar.

Check that “Power” is set to On.

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