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Hello All,

 

I am migrating from Winautomation and I'm having a problem with unlocking Windows. On WA, there was an option that when a process is scheduled, the computer is automatically unlocked and process starts normally. I cannot do this on Power Automate Desktop. I do not have licence for unattended and I am not sure if that is the correct thing that I would need.

 

Does anyone have a suggestion about that?

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    jtatroesgaard 16 on at

    I don't believe it is possible with PAD. Also, yes, it would be violating the "Attended" license because it can run unattended.

    From what i know, the unattended license only gives "permission" to run this way, without coming into risk of violating the agreements.

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