For some users who’ve updated their OS, that means there were no Shutdown, Restart, Sleep, Hibernate options in the Power Options menu. Instead, the Start Menu offered only the sign out option. Here’s how user Krahnin describes these issues on Microsoft’s forum:

Power options are unavailable on the Creators Update

Solution 1 – Run a series of scans in Command Prompt

sfc /scannow powercfg –restoredefaultschemes DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Solution 2 – Tweak the Registry

If there are still no Power options in the Start Menu, you can perform the following steps to fix the issue: Please advise. Currently the only workaround is to shutdown/reboot via CMD or Ctrl + Alt + Delete. However, if you are using Windows 10 Home, the Group Policy Editor is not available. But you can run regedit to open the Registry Editor and go to the following registry key:

Solution 3 – Reset PC to factory settings

Finally, if none of the previous steps worked for you, we can only suggest resetting your PC to factory settings. We are well aware that this will cost you some time, as you’ll need to reconfigure settings and reinstall applications from scratch. However, this might be your only option as the error is a rather critical one. If you’re not sure how to reset your PC to factory settings, follow the steps we provided below: Have you upgraded to the Creators Update? Did you have the same problem? Let us know!

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