Can't uninstall Lenovo Power Manager in Windows 8 - upgraded from Windows 7

Hi all, I recently purchased a Lenovo X230. It was preloaded with Windows 7 Home Premium. I upgraded this system to Windows 8 Pro without any problems.
I noticed that Windows 8 Pro has some issues with the Lenovo Power Manager, which after perusing this forum seems to be pretty incompatible with Windows 8. I am trying to uninstall the Power Manager in the Control Panel, but I can't find the application to install. I only see an option to uninstall the Lenovo Power Management Driver. Does anyone know how I can uninstall the entire Lenovo Power Manager from my system?

Backstory: I installed the Power Manager on a clean installation of Windows 8 by setting it to Windows 7 Compatibility Mode. It seemed to be working swimmingly, until the next day when I tried to use it and discovered that it would always crash on start-up. Unfortunate. I naively attempted to correct this problem by uninstalling and reinstalling the application. Strangely, I was able to successfully uninstall the program using the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel and then reinstall the program. But, despite the reinstallation the problem persisted and I tried to uninstall the program again. It would not uninstall, claiming the installer wasn't compatible with my system.
Fix: Run "C:\Program Files (x86)\InstallShield Installation Information\{DAC01CEE-5BAE-42D5-81FC-B687E84E8405}\Setup.exe" -l0x9 -AddRemove from an administrative command prompt. This should completely remove Power Manager and it's entry in the Add/Remove Programs console. The GUID may be different if you were not using the most recent version of Power Manager, I installed 6.36. The additional power plans that it originally installed are still in the Windows Power control panel.
I am still wrestling with the Power Manager to get it working somewhat reliably on Windows 8. I am very disappointed that this level of effort is required on a new system that is Windows 8 compliant.

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Hi guys,
Since Lenovo Power Manager is not available for Windows 8 (no matter my laptop is specified to be FOR Windows 8... grrrrr...) I've been playing around because I needed not the infamous power gauge taking space in my taskbar, but some advanced settings.
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T430 unable to sleep with Lenovo Power Manager installed

I have a T430 with Windows 8 installed with the latest BIOS and Lenovo Power Manager installed, and anytime I try to put the computer to sleep(with Fn+F4 or lid close), the laptop enters a stage where the screen is black and the fan continues to run. There's no way to interact/escape this except for holding down the power button.
After uninstalling Lenovo Power Manager, the sleep function works again, but the Mic Mute and caps-lock on screen display stop working in addition to the LED in the MicMute refusing to light up.
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I actually had to go check this on my machine here to see what would happen. Through some trial I found that when you change the setting in one, it should change it in the other. For Example:
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00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,03,00,00,00,00,\
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[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies]
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"Description"="This scheme is suited to most home or desktop computers that are left plugged in all the time."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2c,01,00,00,32,32,00,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,2c,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,58,02,00,\
00,01,01,64,50,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\1]
"Name"="Portable/Laptop"
"Description"="This scheme is designed for extended battery life for portable computers on the road."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,84,03,00,00,32,32,03,03,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,01,00,00,00,14,f2,06,00,84,03,00,00,78,00,00,00,08,07,00,00,2c,01,00,\
00,01,01,64,64,64,64,a0,71
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\2]
"Name"="Presentation"
"Description"="This scheme keeps the monitor on for doing presentations."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,32,32,03,02,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
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00,01,01,50,50,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\3]
"Name"="Always On"
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"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,00,\
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[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\4]
"Name"="Minimal Power Management"
"Description"="This scheme keeps the computer on and optimizes it for high performance."
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00,00,01,64,64,64,64,00,00
[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\5]
"Name"="Max Battery"
"Description"="This scheme is extremely aggressive for saving power."
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,05,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b0,04,00,00,78,00,00,00,32,32,03,02,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,84,03,00,00,3c,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,b4,00,00,\
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[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\PowerCfg\PowerPolicies\7]
"Policies"=hex:01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,32,32,00,00,04,00,00,00,04,00,\
00,00,00,00,3d,77,2e,f2,07,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
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If you are using Windows 8/8.1, I’m sorry to inform that Power manager doesn’t exist for the above said operating systems. Energy management is designed to work for Ideapads and ThinkPads are supported with a set of applications called Lenovo Think Vantage Toolbox. Unfortunately, Lenovo had to withdraw power manager for its ThinkPad models due to certain conflicts with Windows 8/8.1.
Hope this clarified your query!
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[T530] Change Lenovo Power Manager Profiles with [Fn]+[F3]

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Hello everybody. I hope someone can help me out as I can't solve this problem myself.
I used to have a R52 where I could use the keyboad shortcut [Fn]+[F3] to choose between the power profiles or to switch off the display.
Using the T530 now, the shortcut [Fn]+[F3] just locks the screen instead of choosing between the power profiles.
Is there a way to make it work like it did on the R52? I did find the executable (C:\Program Files (x86)\ThinkPad\Utilities\PWMOSDV.EXE). Is there a way to "reprogram" the key shortcut not to lock the screen but to execute the PWMOSDV.EXE file?
I would appreciate any help.

- [Fn]+[F7] -> choose between internal or external monitor or both.
- I know that option tab from my R52, but there is no such option in my Version of Power Manager (v6.45)
The problem is, that even in the manual provided for the T530/W530, in the chapter for the "special keys", there are no keys defined for choosing between the power profiles, it also says that [Fn]+[F3] locks the screen.
What thinkpad model and Power Manager Version do you use?
PS: I browsed the forum and I'm not the only one missing this option:
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/W-Series-ThinkPad-Laptops/W530-Fn-F3-F4-and-F5/td-p/958229

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