Ubuntu power management taskbar widget disappeared

Ubuntu power management taskbar widget disappeared The power status dropdown widget in ubuntu 9.04 disappeared. I'm referring to the one in the corner which (when pidgin is installed) displays user status, and has a dropdown to shut down, suspend, hibernate, etc. The system menu still contains commands to do this, but I'd prefer to use the dropdown in the corner.
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Guest [Entry]

"If this is the little battery icon, it is kept in the 'Notification area'.
Right-click the upper panel, select 'Add to Panel' and then add 'Notification area'.

Edit:
As a last resort you could try reseting the panels completely as shown in this question."

Guest [Entry]

The thing you want to add is the "battery charge monitor" right at the top of the list. Keep in mind though that it can be set to not display itself when the laptop isn't running on battery power.