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Is there any way to unattended shutdown my PC in Power Automate Desktop?

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Posted on by av00 31

I tried on 2 PCs. and both are showing the below confirmation message. I also enabled the "force" option as well but it is not working. I don't want a confirmation box. I want my PC to shut down automatically once the action executes. How to fix it. Please help.

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Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Vi

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    MichaelAnnis Profile Picture
    MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

    Try a command line shutdown with delay and force errors. This will allow it to report back successful that it sent the command line and then shut down after the bot is finished. 

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    Kaif_Siddique 2,108 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Hi @av00 ,

     

    The action doesn't require confirmation when the flow is run through the console or the portal. In all cases, the action will terminate the flow. Refer this link for more details: Workstation - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn

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    Force Shutdown or Restart from Command Line

    https://blog-archive.josephcs.com/how-to-force-shutdown-or-restart/#main_content

     

    To shutdown computer after 120 sec : shutdown -s -t 120

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihRE6kGmDIA

     

    If you like my response, please give it a Thumbs Up.
    If this helps, please Accept as solution.

     

    Regards

    Kaif

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    Pstork1 69,560 Most Valuable Professional on at

    As @Kaif_Siddique points out the prompt is only used when you are in the PAD designer.  When you run the flow in production you will not be prompted.

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    av00 31 on at

    Thanks, Pstork1 for your valuable suggestion 

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    av00 31 on at

    Thanks Kaif for your valuable suggestions

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    av00 31 on at

    Thanks MichaelAnnis for your help

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