What is the startup program "ThinkPad Power Manager ... - PWMTR64V.DLL" on my Windows 7 computer?

"ThinkPad Power Manager ... - PWMTR64V.DLL" is installed as part of the system installation.

You will see the "PWMTR64V.DLL" listed on the Startup tab of msconfig.exe screen as:

Startup item: ThinkPad Power Manager ...
Manufacture: Lenovo Group Limited
Command: rundll32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMTR64V.DLL",PwrMgrBkGndMonitor
Location: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run 

Program file information about "PWMTR64V.DLL":

File name: PWMTR64V.DLL
File path: C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMTR64V.DLL
File size: 6422216 bytes
Last modified time: 10/19/2015 5:08:00 PM
File description: ThinkPad Power Manager Background Monitor and Tray Battery Gauge
File version: 1, 0, 0, 0
Company name: Lenovo Group Limited

"PWMTR64V.DLL" is part of the battery management on Lenovo computers to monitor battery life and display the battery usage icon in the system tray.

It is recommended to keep "ThinkPad Power Manager ... - PWMTR64V.DLL" enabled as a startup program.

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