Problem with RegisterPowerSettingNotification and USER32.dll.

[aangerma]

Hello,

When I call to the fanction RegisterPowerSettingNotification I get a runtime error:

"The procedure entry point could not be located in the dynamic link library USER32.dll."

I tried to replace user32.dll but its didnt help.

My OS is windows xp, the code is:

HPOWERNOTIFY m_hPowerSchemeNotify;
m_hPowerSchemeNotify = RegisterPowerSettingNotification (
NULL, &GUID_POWERSCHEME_PERSONALITY,
DEVICE_NOTIFY_WINDOW_HANDLE );

if ( NULL == m_hPowerSchemeNotify )
ATLTRACE("Failed to register for notification of power scheme changes!\n");


if anyone can guid me how can I solve this problam I would be very grateful for him.

thanks

[Marc G]

Never ever replace user32.DLL manually!

Check the MSDN RegisterPowerSettingNotification, it clearly says you need at least Vista or Windows Server 2008. It will not work on XP.

[Felim_Doyle]

Waking an old thread, I know, but I started getting this error when trying to load Google Chrome Canary today although it had run successfully earlier. I suspect that an update may have been applied during the first launch and now it won't reload. I have also tried to re-install Canary from the latest download but the installation fails with the same error. The stable version of Google Chrome still works though.

I guess that this is more likely a Google Chrome Canary issue and I should report it via the Google support site but I was hoping to at least get some insight here as to the cause. I am running Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 so perhaps Canary is making a call to a routine which is only supported in later versions of Windows as stated in a previous post. So possibly a case of “asked and answered” but maybe it will help others with the same problem.

[ilneroviaggiatore]

Hi, same problem with Google Chrome Canary today.

Ciao!

[Codeplug]

Looks like a fix is in the works: https://codereview.chromium.org/477173002/

gg

[ilneroviaggiatore]

Looks like a fix is in the works: https://codereview.chromium.org/477173002/

gg

Very thanks!

[Felim_Doyle]

Excellent! Thanks for posting the link.

[Felim_Doyle]

I have now successfully installed Google Chrome Canary Version 39.0.2126.2† which includes new functionality for user profile management. This allows quick switching between profiles for different users or different purposes. However, I would still recommend OS-level user accounts for improved privacy and stability between multiple users on the same device where available.

†Current Google Chrome (stable) Version is 36.0.1985.143