What happened to 'Run program with high-performance NVIDIA processor'?

[GinoSaffron111]

It used to be that when you entered the NVIDIA Control Panel, by right-clicking your desktop...

 

...You'd be able to navigate to 3D Settings > Manage 3D settings and both, under Global Settings and Program Settings, you could select Integrated graphics or High-performance NVIDIA processor from a drop-down menu as follows:

 

 

It was even possible to turn on a Context menu to right-click any program and do the same thing:

 

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But now both those options have disappeared from the NVIDIA Control Panel 

 

I thought it may be just me, but all 4 of my (Nvidia) systems with Intel's integrated HD Graphics processors* have this issue, and talking to a friend who ran into a problem that requires this option to fix it, he had the same issue. There are other reports of users with the same issue online.

 

Has there been any official word on the removal of these options? Am I merely in the minority? How to get back these options?

 

System specs:

Spoiler

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, Version 1703 (Build 15063.483)

CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU, Driver version 10.0.15063.0 (Date: 21/04/2009)

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11GB Asus ROG Strix OC), Driver version 22.21.13.8494 (Date: 18/07/2017)

*Edited to correctly name the integrated processors, where I previously wrote 'APUs' incorrectly.

[m0k]

i have the regular options for both of my pcs

one with a gtx 1060 

and one old laptop with NVS 5200m 

 

both have the regular options that youre missing

just use DDU to reinstall the drivers?

[m0k]

9 minutes ago, GinoSaffron111 said:

but all 4 of my (Nvidia) systems with APUs have this issue

All four of your systems are running AMD processors?
that should not be the cause of the problem

 

also does this mean none of your apps ever use your nvidia GPU? even for games? 

[GinoSaffron111]

5 minutes ago, mok said:

All four of your systems are running AMD processors?
that should not be the cause of the problem

 

also does this mean none of your apps ever use your nvidia GPU? even for games? 

My bad for giving Intel chips' integrated HD Graphics processors the marketing term (APU) usually bestowed upon AMD chips. They are all Intel, all with integrated graphics processors. I added my current system's specs to the original post for reference, including driver versions.

 

My apps and games all work completely fine, using the 1080Ti as intended, it's just that some (older) games really require the feature in the NVIDIA Control Panel, and I know I can fix this by switching off the Integrated processor in the BIOS, but I'd much rather look into why these features are gone from my NVIDIA Control Panel. Also, I'm running Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (full details in my original post).

[m0k]

34 minutes ago, GinoSaffron111 said:

Driver version 22.21.14.8494 (Date: 18/07/2017)

It looks like youre using the microsoft certified nvidia drivers 

 

Can you provide the Nvidia Driver version if available?
Nvidia Control Panel > Home > it should say there ex. 377.35

[GinoSaffron111]

Just now, mok said:

It looks like youre using the microsoft certified nvidia drivers 

 

Can you provide the Nvidia Driver version if available?
Nvidia Control Panel > Home > it should say there ex. 377.35

 

It's been updated via NVIDIA's GeForce Experience, and I did check first to see that Device Manager's report of the driver version matched with what GeForce Experience and NVIDIA Control Panel  were saying: