Windows 10: powercfg /energy returns without generating report

The command "powercfg /energy" should generate an energy report at the file path C:/Windows/system32. And the command also takes around 60 seconds to run, however when I try to run the command it returns in a couple of seconds and does not generate any form of file report. This is how the command looks like when tried to be executed.D:\>powercfg /ENERGY Enabling tracing for 60 seconds... Observing system behavior... D:\>The powercfg /batteryreport command however is able to perfectly generate the report at the above specified path. Any help will be appreciated :

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Powercfg /energy immediately exits

When running "powercfg /energy" the command outputs the following:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> powercfg /energy

Enabling tracing for 60 seconds...

Observing system behavior...

It immediately returns me to the command line and does not generate a report. I had reinstalled 10 from a restore image (on my surface pro 4) and it was broken. I reset Windows and it started working properly. Now a few days later it's broken again. No updates
or software has been installed since the last time it worked. It just stopped working.

Anyone have know how to fix? There are no errors in the event viewer when I try to run.

 

Help with powercfg -energy?

You can view the report generated by Powercfg command by typing Start C:\Windows\System32\energy-report.html command.

 

powercfg /energy not working

Hello crisu,

Good to see you in Microsoft Community.

powercfg /energy is used to analyzes the system for common energy-efficiency and battery-life problems and generates a report, an HTML file, in the current path. So you need to specify the path of the file behind the command (customize). Visit Powercfg command-line options | Microsoft Learn for more details.

For example, the following command is used to output energy-efficiency and battery-life problems report within 60s, and save a file named energyReport.html to the C:\Windows\System32 directory (it is the default path to Command Prompt, and you can customize it).

Another point worth noting:





If anything is unclear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

Best Regards,

| Microsoft Community Support Specialist