If you have a UPS connected to your PC, that is causing the battery icon to appear on your taskbar, that is a widely reported bug that the battery icon may appear from time to time, this will not cause any problems with your Windows installation.
How do I stop my Windows 11 desktop from showing a non-existent battery?
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Jeremy K
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My Windows 11 Pro desktop computer is showing a battery always charging in the system tray. Being a desktop, there is no battery. There is a UPS connected to the machine. And that UPS is the only thing shows in Device Manager under batteries. The driver is the HID UPS Battery driver that comes from Microsoft. I need to keep the UPS connected so that if there is a power outage the desktop reacts correctly. But having a battery icon in the tray doesn't make sense, at least not the same icon that a laptop battery has.
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DaveM121 947.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor2026-10-30T06:42:45.2366667+00:00 -
Jeremy K 0 Reputation points
2026-10-30T15:08:20.3+00:00 I appreciate that, and have even seen posts from over 4 years ago on it. But what can be done about it? If this is something that has been going on this long, there should be more of a fix than questions on the forum just being locked.
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DaveM121 947.9K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-10-30T15:10:34.1833333+00:00 There is no reported fix for this bug that has been ongoing for a while, this forum is just a user to user forum, the best option is to open the Feedback Hub (Windows Key + F) and report this to the Windows developers there.
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