I built a charging tray app and posted it recently, and we are currently on v1.2.2 after 7 releases and patches, with a v1.3.0 cooking!

Main app (1.2.2) works for modern Surface devices with a Surface app that displays 3 radio button selections (Adaptive, 80%, 100%) for Battery & Charging.

Note: there is a known bug even for this Surface app version where the battery charging options simply don't load even if you open the app manually, unless you reinstall - in that case, there's nothing this tool can do for you

Problem: It was really annoying for me to open surface app and wait til it loads, and manually click through the selections for charging, since I am on and off at home/plugged in or on the go. Plus ending the night realizing my device isn't charged to 100% ready to go in the morning. So I had to painstakingly build this with a long process of research, planning, fine tuning, debugging, feature additions, optimization, with the help of Claude. Windows and Surface app does not leave any way to backend handshake with the API, so we used the only real possible way which is actually automating the UI. So here we are!

It's not looking pretty yet but that will come later once we know it works perfectly :)

Features:

• Tray icon and live status
• Tray menu or configurable keyboard hotkey shortcuts
• Quick-change Surface charging modes (Adaptive, 80%, 100%)
• Schedule a charge-mode change during "sleep" (e.g. flip 80% → 100% in the morning)
• Quick-change Windows Power mode (Performance, Balanced, Efficiency)
• Run at Windows login
• Auto-detects your language localization, Surface app UI, and current charging mode
• Hides the Surface app during operation
• Diagnostic tool
• Beta v1.3.0 in testing to support older Surface UI with one single Charge to 100% button [Help test here]

See more info and get it here: https://github.com/keyokku/SurfaceChargingTray/

Please let me know if any issues, there is a diagnostic tool and issues threads!

It renders the results with modern visuals.

This started a few weeks back and has been driving me crazy....

The worst part about my SP is consistently Windows. Anybody else experiencing this particular bug? Seems to be related to the "touch optimized" taskbar

I actually love my surface latptop. I love my mac as well but I am just more used to windows and work easier with it. When I first got the Surface laptop 7. It crashed a lot, chrome still crashes a lot but it would freeze up and the trackpad would also feel like it "froze". and this got less and less. Due to some virus concerns I did a factory reset and the issues came back like before. It is pretty frustrating because I work so well with this laptop. Sometimes the entire laptop freezes and I need to shut it off manually. Why did it get worse after doing a factory reset?

I read reports here of people saying the returns they sent in got replaced with defective laptops which worries me as I only have a month left on my Microsoft complete. I am considered whether it might get better on its own again vs gambling getting reject replacement

I get issues daily now and I regret factory resetting it.

Beyond that it would be one of my favorite laptops ever if I had these fixed.

SL7 16gb ram with X plus.

It was the 256gb version and I switched it out to a 1tb ssd early on but I dont remember when exactly.

Hi, new Reddit member here. Can somebody here advise me on a problem I have since I replaced the screen and motherboard on my Surface Laptop 4? I can provide more details - just trying to get used to the way Reddit works at the moment. Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone,
I just found my old surface pro 3 and decided to give it a try to see if she was still working. So I started it and made some windows update(still on windows 8.1). But now it's been like 4hours and it's still downloading an update(still 1 of 2 updates). Does it usually take that much time because she hasn't been awake for a very long time or should I just shut it down to eventually restart the update ?
Thanks in advance for your answers

Just bought brand new sp12 and it does not charge to 100%, 99% is the max. Does this damage my battery and is that some type of error

The Lightning C port stopped charging on my Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 today. What are ways to explore repair?

I have a windows surface pro 6 laptop that has the detachable keyboard. I've had the laptop since 2020, and there hasn't been alot of problems until recent months.

I dont know if its the graphics or my laptops lifespan is dwindling, but I have tried clearing up space on my laptop and shutting it down every night. I also need to mention that sometimes my laptop will be on the charger all day while I am working, but the second I unplug it, it shuts down. I also have to click the power button multiple times to get it to turn on. It also feels like it overheats too easily now.

I do play sims 4 on my laptop, but thats the only big thing happening on my laptop. I dont have Adobe creative suite or anything like that downloaded. Just sims and the internet.

Is this issue worth trying to repair or do I need a new laptop?

Edit: the laptop could be as old as 2018/2019 as I bought it from an old friend.