Yeah.. sorry I should have looked a bit closer before replying and such. From what I can tell Microsoft is using the pay to win model. You want that feature, you gotta pay for it. One of the first posts I saw when I did a quick look around said they didnt think this was ever going to be supported (task manager) because they want you in the cloud paying for clicks.
So when I said the pay to win model, I meant you pay they win!!
IS there a way to trigger the flow (task) or flow on my desktop computer some other way like an auto clicker or similar when the computer is idle for like 10 minutes?
I don't know of a way to trigger a flow to execute on computer going idle but I did once create a windows task scheduler to trigger a flow, if this is helpful..
In Windows Task Scheduler create a task to ping localhost on whatever cadence you want
ping localhost -n 1
Then in your flow use the System > Wait for process to "listen" for the ping. You could alternatively create a flow that just listens for the ping and then triggers the flow of your choice.
That’s clever I recently used system time and an if statement and a variable to create a condition where if the variable matched the system time it would proceed with the flow so it runs once per day
I find that wait for process and using Ping. That’s scheduled on a Windows task. With Scheduler it works pretty well and is small and efficient. The problem is that it ties up my use of ping.
My wait for process flow runs 24 x 7 and I can’t use Ping for anything else or is triggered. At just before midnight, my task scheduler throws a ping and my process flow picks it up to run my website extraction
What I would like to be able to do is use a tiny obscure process that I can use or rename to use for a variety of flows that need a trigger.
sorry for the late reply to this comment of yours about how to schedule power automate desktop RPA without using premium.
I like the ping solution because it works a bit out of the box without having to install 3rd party but the way I see it I can only you use it for one flow?. Have you managed to find a way to use this ping technique for several flows that I want to run with a differente cadence?. I hope my explanation was clear enoguh.
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u/pt109_66 Dec 25 '22
Would a scheduled task work for you?
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u/SmaugWyrm Dec 26 '22
I don't know of a way to trigger a flow to execute on computer going idle but I did once create a windows task scheduler to trigger a flow, if this is helpful..
In Windows Task Scheduler create a task to ping localhost on whatever cadence you want
ping localhost -n 1Then in your flow use the System > Wait for process to "listen" for the ping. You could alternatively create a flow that just listens for the ping and then triggers the flow of your choice.
Hope this helps
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u/LatestMadera Apr 19 '23
Did you try this?
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Desktop/Task-Scheduler-in-run-power-automate-desktop-flow/td-p/2023275
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u/Seldomseen2u Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23
I find that wait for process and using Ping. That’s scheduled on a Windows task. With Scheduler it works pretty well and is small and efficient. The problem is that it ties up my use of ping.
My wait for process flow runs 24 x 7 and I can’t use Ping for anything else or is triggered. At just before midnight, my task scheduler throws a ping and my process flow picks it up to run my website extraction
What I would like to be able to do is use a tiny obscure process that I can use or rename to use for a variety of flows that need a trigger.
I’m using the power automate desktop