Windows 10 laptop REALLY doesn't want to show battery icon

So, the battery icon just disappeared from my task bar. I look around and find out that I should check the task bar settings and set "power" to "on". "power" is greyed out. I find out that to fix this I should go to the device manager and do some things there under "Battery". The device manager doesn't even list "Battery". Any more ideas? Thanks. BTW, this is a company laptop. Any ideas that involve privileged user status just won't fly.

UPDATE: Well, it disappeared when I connected to my company's VPN. What the heck does a VPN have to do with battery life? I re-booted and rec-connected to the VPN, and the battery icon is back. So problem solved for now. But for reasons I won't go into, I really need to see that icon and I don't want to keep rebooting. SO, Any ideas what's going on?

Solution 1:

Your battery icon might still be in the notification area, but hidden, To look for it, click the up arrow to the left of your notification icons on the taskbar.

If you see the battery icon here (an area Microsoft calls the notification area overflow pane), simply drag and drop it back to the notification area on your taskbar.

If you don’t see the battery icon in the panel of hidden icons, right-click your taskbar and select “Taskbar Settings.”

You can also head to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar instead.

Scroll down in the Settings window that appears and click “Turn system icons on or off” under Notification area.

Locate the “Power” icon in the list here and toggle it to “On” by clicking it. It will reappear on your taskbar.

You can also toggle other system icons on or off from here, including Clock, Volume, Network, Input Indicator, Location, Action Center, Touch Keyboard, Windows Ink Workspace, and Touchpad.

Even after you’ve restored the battery icon, it won’t show an estimate of the remaining battery time when you mouse over it. Microsoft has disabled that feature—likely because it’s generally inaccurate. You can still re-enable the battery life estimate with a registry hack.

Solution 2:

When the battery icon missing issue surfaces, your charging schedule goes haywire. Thankfully, there are strategies to get it back. Some of them are listed below. 1:

a: Press the Windows and X key from the keyboard and open the device manager b: Once the Device Manager opens, hit the Action button c: Select Scan for hardware changes and open the “Batteries” category. However, make sure that the list has both of the devices shown below d: At last, restart the system and check whether Windows 10 show battery percentage or not.

2: Turn On Windows 10 Battery Icon

a: To start with, hit the taskbar. this will help you access the Taskbar settings b: Now scroll down the page and go to the Notification area then select Turn system icons on/off. c: Go down until you find the Power toggle switch. Next, turn it on. d: In case the battery icon doesn’t appear on the screen, you require visiting the taskbar settings again. Once there, opt for the “Select which icons appear on the taskbar.” e: Now go in the Power option and toggle the switch to the “On” setting. It will turn on the battery icon option on the screen

Hope this will help you, i found this solution here.