How to trigger flow when computer is woken up

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Posted on by PeteM3

Good morning!

Every now and then my screen resolution is all wrong when I wake up the computer from energy saving mode.

I built the flow to check on the screen resolution and how to fix it in 2 minutes - but how do I trigger the flow everytime the computer comes out of power savings mode? Alternatively when the user logges in.

Thanks

Pete

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OkanAutomation 107 on at

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Hi,

PowerAutomateDesktop doesn't have a trigger when windows boots up. So you need a work around. Here is an example:

1. Run a powershell ICE scrip that send an email. (very easy to do)
2. Save that powershell script.

3. Run this script at when windows boots up. To do this you can: "Windowskey"+"R". An app will open.
4. Write "shell:startup" and hit ok.
5. Paste your powershell script here.
- What happens now is whenever you startup your pc, a mail will be send and here comes the next step: triggering the flow because you just received an email.

6. Create and automated cloud flow which triggers when an email is received.
7. Run an attended/unattended activity within your flow.

Enjoy!

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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Would you use Windows scheduler to kick off a command line at startup. I think you can use a command line to trigger the flow.

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