Windows 10: Cannot run a command: Powercfg -requests won't open on Windows 10

Hey,

Something is keeping my computer awake. So I looked it up and tried to run "powercfg- requests"...the screen flashes and then immediately closes. Help!

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windows 10 apps won,t open

Hi Robert,

Thanks for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

We appreciate you for trying the troubleshooting steps.



I suggest you to try the below steps and check if it helps.

Step 1: Run Windows app troubleshooter.

Refer to the below link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/run-the-troubleshooter-for-windows-apps

Step 2: Run shell commands for Windows store and check if it helps.

Follow the below steps:

• 
  Press Windows key + X and select
  Command prompt(Admin) to open elevated Command prompt.
  
• 
  Type the following commands.
  
  
  
  powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml
  
• 
  Hit enter, the blackscreen will appear still for a couple of seconds. After a couple of second a new line saying C:\.... will appear.
  
• 
  Close Command Prompt.
  
• 
  Try to start the Windows Store again.
  

Hope it helps, reply to us with the status of your issue. We will be happy to assist you.

 

powercfg -requestsoverride errors

Did you run the command below to check your command. If the powercfg /requests shows the Realtek driver it use whatever it shows, as indicated by the listing after using the command.

powercfg /requestsoverride /?

 

Cmd.exe powercfg -requests different when run within application

I am working on creating an application that monitors and controls sleep settings. I noticed that my application prevents the computer from sleeping because it uses an audio stream. I attempted to create an algorithm that would find all the drivers preventing
sleep using powercfg -requests and then would override those drivers using powercfg -requestsoverride "driver name". This algorithm works, however, I noticed that when running the application, the powercfg -requests returns a different result than when opening
a command console and checking powercfg -requests manually.

The first image below shows the result of powercfg -requests when I manually type it into a command window.





This second image shows the result of powercfg -requests when my application creates a command window with arguements "/c powercfg -requests"





Note these are both run while the application is running, but the second one is very different from the first one. Also the second one does not include the audio stream drivers. Both of these command windows have admin privileges and the application framework
I am using is Unity. Can anyone explain why this happens and how can I query all of the drivers that are stopping my computer from sleeping?