Power Button only sleeps my MacBook Pro

Greetings,
After upgraded my mid-2010 MacBook Pro, the power can only sleep the computer. The dialogue box no longer appear that gives us the choices of shut down, sleep or restart. I can't find anyway in the System Preferences that can configure this. Any help? Thanks.

Due to a few complications and experiences, a single click on my power button no longer puts the computer to sleep
The couple of seconds for the dialog works, but the single click does nothing.
I reinstalled the OS, to solve another issue, but the button still the same.
How can I reset it's funcionality?

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