Wifi button gone

I have Manjoro gnome version dual boot with windows 11. Wifi wasn’t working so I ran

sudo sed -i ‘s/3/2’ /etc/NetworkManger/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf

Now the wifi button is gone on linux and windows and I dont know what to do

You changed some value in that file (presumably)
Undo that change.

Why did you not use some visual editor to alter that file?

What do the contents of that file look like now?
cat /etc/NetworkManger/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf

mine is:

[connection]
wifi.powersave = 3

and it works that way and always has

You set it to “2” instead of “3” - revert that if you think that that was the reason for your problem.

What was the reasoning behind that change?

(possible XY problem)

Edit the file. The content should be like this:

[connection]
wifi.powersave = 2

You can also run nmtui from Terminal to edit or activate the connection.

This might suggest you have inadvertantly broken your wifi fuctionality. Configuration made in Linux typically has no effect on Windows, however, the reverse is possible, if Windows Fast Startup happens to be enabled, for example.

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