Answered

A very simple flow of always failing computer restart

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by sigalou

Hello everyone,

I have set up a really very simple flow to restart a computer at 3 a.m.
This flow starts well, the computer starts well but the flow is still in failure (and therefore is deactivated because of the many failures)
How to carry out a relaunch and also be able to successfully complete the flow?

Thanks for your help.

Categories:

Power Automate Desktop

I have the same question (0)

All responses (5)

Answers (1)

Sort by

MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Can you setup the second part of the flow as a separate flow? Set it up to go on any computer restart (or startup).

Begin the flow with (if current time is NOT between 3am and 310am, exit flow). This will stop the flow from continuing on any other time that is not intended.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
sigalou 13 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

there is no second part of the flow, just a single command.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Verified answer

MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

Like
a
(1)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Right. This flow is always going to fail by execution. The computer shutting down breaks the flow. If you need confirmation that the flow was successful, I would create a second flow upon startup to confirm that startup happened and get a successful result that way.

If you just want it to not error out: instead of using the PAD command, I suggest you restart the computer via CMD (by default this has a 1 minute delay). You can read more about it here:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/windowstect.com/how-to-restart-reboot-windows-via-command-line-cmd-exe/%3Famp

Add an “Exit Flow successfully” to complete the flow before the computer actually restarts.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
sigalou 13 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Great idea, I will try with CMD
I'll keep you informed

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
sigalou 13 on at

Like
a
(0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
Excellent !!!!!!!!
Thank you very much, running the :

shutdown /r

from the command line and for safety's sake adding an end of script successfully works PERFECT !!
Thank you
Thank you

Was this reply helpful? Yes No