Control Panel/Power Options/Choose what the power button does Left
pane).....

OR
Control Panel/Power Options/Change plan settings (right pane)/Change
advanced power settings/Power buttons and lid/Start menu power button
{Setting:}

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"voidcoder" <voidcoder@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Ho do I force the power button to work as it is assigned
> in the power options?