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Idea - Set default screen resolution in the runtime app for PAD

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Set default screen resolution in the runtime app for PAD instead of through a config file edit that requires local admin rights

It would be super chill to have this be a setting in the runtime app to be set WITHOUT admin rights. It could make the process of adjusting less obscure. The out-of-box screen resolution is quite small.

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VJR 7,635 on at

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Have you taken a look at this action - Set screen resolution?

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Hey yes, I tried this yesterday and realized that this command only works in Attended mode. In order for the screen resolution to be changed for Unattended runs, the screen resolution has to be changed via the config file

The command in Desktop for set screen resolution could use a disclaimer that it's only for Attended mode

Please see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/how-to/set-screen-resolution-unattended-mode

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I just realised that you were only trying to submit an idea :).

Here is a good location to submit the ideas.

https://ideas.powerautomate.com/d365community/forum/086dd68e-597f-ec11-8d21-0022482e8f9f

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This is called out in the documentation Workstation - Power Automate | Microsoft Learn, but I agree, this could be more clear in PAD itself, please use the feedback option in PAD Help menu and submit this feedback.

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Understood, commenter above mentioned this would be better suited as an idea. For a few days, I was unable to get to the idea section but I suppose there's been a change? Not sure, apologies about this going in the wrong place

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Just another thought, I had a bot running okay and then failing suddenly in production. Realized it was because after an update of PAD, this config file change to screen resolution was rolled back. I had to get local admin and change it again manually. It is just very frustrating, the default resolution for running unattended is a bit unreasonably small, what's the likelihood a developer developed on a resolution that small?

Furthermore, it would be good for those changes to persist through updates

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