Use Power Automate Desktop and Task Scheduler Together

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Learn how to use the Windows Task Scheduler for your Power Automate Desktop robots. This video tutorial shows how to set up Task Scheduler, so you can use it for Power Automate Desktop orchestration.
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00:00 Create a Sample Power Automate Desktop Flow
00:38 Settings
Untick the Display confirmation dialog when invoking flows externally. And copy the URL to the Power Automate Desktop we created.
01:36 Task Scheduler
Create a folder for the Power Automate Desktop flows you want to schedule. Set up a task with a trigger and specify what flow you want to run.
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@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Another option is to run your PAD robots on a virtual machine. Here's how to do it: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9hlpq2h1r-bY58.html Thanks for all your likes and support 🔥🙌

@M_Dolega 10 ай бұрын

I love the format straight to the point and all the steps explained in layman terms!

@andersjensenorg 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, mdolega - highly appreciated 🙋‍♂️🙂

@richardbaron7106 Жыл бұрын

This is a game-changer for me, because of the way our IT dept lock down our computers, I can't create virtual machines or set up machine control. Many thanks for this awesome tip!

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear, Richard 🙌 Thanks a lot. Kind regards, Anders

@beeshepard Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I've had issues getting remotely triggered desktop flows to run and this works great.

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Bee. Thanks a bunch for letting me know 🙋‍♂️🙂 Kind regards, Anders

@sebastianschrder3401 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Anders, I have tried to do this long ago and had actually given up. Keep up your awesome work :)

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Sebastian 🙌😍

@caseycampbell4204 Жыл бұрын

You read my mind! Perfect timing 🤘🏾

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks a lot, Casey. Next video is about how to schedule them from Power Automate cloud.

@arremangalapuerca Жыл бұрын

Very useful. I'm definitely going to try this one out. Thank you👍

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Very nice, thanks a lot 🙌 On Monday I release a video on how to do it from PA cloud. Kind regards, Anders

@joylin7517 Жыл бұрын

Have tried and it did work!!! Thank you sooo much!!

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Joylin - thanks for letting me know 👍😍

@appsreviewer7417 Жыл бұрын

Oh that's what i never though about. Thank you for your brilliant tutorial

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch, Apps 🙏😊

@Andrew_93 4 ай бұрын

Hello, You forgot to mention that this solution works only for users that have Premium License in Power Automate Desktop.

@andersjensenorg 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 11,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr12rZCEnpy8d6M.html Kind regards, Anders

@renanlarrieu Ай бұрын

True....

@JasonEala 6 ай бұрын

Awesome. Thanks 🙏

@andersjensenorg 6 ай бұрын

My pleasure 🙌😎

@MichaelRecht Жыл бұрын

Nice tip, will try it in the next days!👍

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, Michael. Nice to hear, please tell me if it works for you 😊

@thescifimodelguy 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video :)

@andersjensenorg 8 ай бұрын

My pleasure! 🙌😎 Kind regards, Anders

@puneetsodhi7046 Жыл бұрын

Hi Anders, thank you so much for such amazing videos on Powerautomate ! I have one question, with this trick, does this mean we can run a flow in unattended mode without a premium license?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 8000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr12rZCEnpy8d6M.html Kind regards, Anders

@Lineage2Ragnarok 11 ай бұрын

muy facil, like

@andersjensenorg 11 ай бұрын

Many thanks ✅️😊

@mirrrvelll5164 11 ай бұрын

Great one! Question, can you run also a powershell script from scheduler with PA? and is it possible to do the same from Cloud?

@andersjensenorg 11 ай бұрын

Yeah, and you can in fact use that PowerShell script to start a flow 🙂

@MarceloNogueiraGoogle Жыл бұрын

Great Video, thank you! Question: when running this way, after the flow finishes, the task in the task scheduler keeps on running. How to "tell" the task scheduler that the task has ended?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 7000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr12rZCEnpy8d6M.html Kind regards, Anders

@valapo80800 Жыл бұрын

Merci !!!! Merci !!!! Merci !!!!

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@PaweW-td3wt Жыл бұрын

Thank you for another great tip. I'm wondering which solution is better: triggering the flow from the cloud (which requires a premium license for both options).

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Hey Pawel. I would go for Cloud as it lets us integrate well with the rest of the Power Platform. Kind regards, Anders

@PaweW-td3wt Жыл бұрын

@@andersjensenorg Thank You!

@PaweW-td3wt Жыл бұрын

To be able to use the flow URL, you need to have a Premium license. If you have Premium, why use Task Scheduler? It's better to run the process from the cloud. But... if you don't have a Premium license, there is another option to trigger the flow at a specific time (of course, with the computer turned on). The flow can be started using a keyboard shortcut. So, the remaining option is to write a script that will do it (I will write and publish one tomorrow). What do you think about such a solution?

@balasabarishudayakumar9235 Жыл бұрын

This great awesome its more helpful, With Task scheduler can I do unattended? Can Task scheduler perform login to machine and run the process?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@justin-share 8 ай бұрын

Love your sharing!! I have a conern with my project, I want to trigger the flow with the webhook, here is example flow: send json info from excel to webhook -> active flow -> result -> send json result to excel. Is it possible to start flow for this example? Thanks!

@andersjensenorg 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 10,000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr12rZCEnpy8d6M.html Kind regards, Anders

@debrawildansyah6972 Жыл бұрын

Hi Anders, thanks for the quick tutorial. I managed to do all that steps and my Power Automate automation ran perfectly. However, I noticed that the status of the automation still says "Running" even after the automation is completed. Would that affect my scheduled trigger for the next run? If it does, How do you make sure the status goes back to Ready?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@realsacmon Жыл бұрын

This is great .. found an issue that when you schedule desktop flow using task scheduler it prompts you to confirm input variables used. Can we schedule desktop flow with input variables without having the prompt to confirm input variables ?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@irahchan1893 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Where else can I get the "Run URL" link? My flow properties does not show it as it does in your video. Thanks again in advance.

@andersjensenorg 3 ай бұрын

@BrumCraft Жыл бұрын

Hi Anders do you know if it's possible to trigger an Outlook VBA via Power Automate please? I can't seem to do it

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Hey BrumCraft. Sure, check this (from 26:10): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9h2rKdotrXPkZc.html It also includes VBScript 🙂 Kind regards, Anders

@BrumCraft Жыл бұрын

@@andersjensenorg Cheers, I've watched that and can't see how it triggers an Outlook VBA macro (the macro is in outlook not excel)?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@@BrumCraft Aight. Then I would convert the VBA to VBScript (pro-tip: ChatGPT) and Run the VBSCript from PAD :) Kind regards, Anders

@BrumCraft Жыл бұрын

@@andersjensenorg Cheers I'll give that a blast

@baliflorent6971 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. When the flow is scheduled, will the PAD window launch before the flow be executed ?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Hey bali, my pleasure. No, it will not open at all 😊 Kind regards, Anders

@petaratanasov4153 Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for this video. Just one question: Do we need a license to use the MS Scheduler to run the dekstop flow as we need for cloud flow to trigger it or?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Hey Peter. Thanks a lot. Yes, in order to get the URL of the flow we need a Premium. Kind regards, Anders

@petaratanasov4153 Жыл бұрын

@@andersjensenorg thanks a lot ☺️

@marcoschade352 11 ай бұрын

Hi Anders I am having issues with getting task scheduler to start a flow that launches an internet browerser an populate som fields. It Runs perfectly when started from PAD application, but from scheduler it just gives me the errror that the flow has stopped due to an error. The internet browser never launces. This is being done on a VM. Can you help med out?

@andersjensenorg 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for writing 😊 I'm getting more than 50 messages daily. While I read all of them, I can’t reply to everyone 😔 But I’ve created an RPA/Automation community where we’re 9000+ RPA Developers helping each other with solutions and our careers. Here’s the video on how to join (the invitation link is in the video description): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rr12rZCEnpy8d6M.html Kind regards, Anders

@v75tan Жыл бұрын

GREAT work. When you will demo PAD processing queue items (similar to UiPAth). I need info

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Hey V, I don't have that planned, as I'm doing the 48 PL500 videos now. Kind regards, Anders

@v75tan Жыл бұрын

@@andersjensenorg can you refer me the content / article/ document regarding it please

@businessclaud 10 ай бұрын

iS there any other way to access flow properties? I can only see in the detail section 1. the owner, 2. created at and schema version. The latest version don't have that path to flow name in the property details as you are showing... any ideas on how to get the environment ID

@andersjensenorg 10 ай бұрын

@sliccreations Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to make this video - I learned a lot. And although others seem to be having success, I actually get an error when testing the task. After Power Automate opens, I receive a popup error stating "Error during flow run. Invoking a flow through an external source requires a trial or premium license" Hrmmmm....

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@nikhilvidhate Жыл бұрын

Hi Anders I tried to set same flow as in video to run at interval of 2 minutes and flow is not getting triggered. I am not able to understand what is the problem. If i run task manually in Task Scheduler, it is running fine. Can you please help

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Hey Nikhil, that's very hard to remove debug, are you sure, you've sat the time correctly (AM/PM)? Please post it on my discord (link is in the video description), then we'll solve it. Kind regards, Anders

@nikhilvidhate Жыл бұрын

@@andersjensenorg Ok i will put my query there. Thank you!

@fiadobaloi8986 Жыл бұрын

Excellent, how can I do this on a console app with c# ?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@radumelian9934 4 ай бұрын

Hi Anders, I can't see "Run URL" in flow properties. Could you help?

@andersjensenorg 3 ай бұрын

@mareksinilo6206 Жыл бұрын

I don't see Flow ID in flow properties, my settings have less options. What should I change?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@RsAirmax Жыл бұрын

I assume you have to be constantly logged in with the laptop? What if I want to run the flows during night?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Or have an unattended license 🙂

@RsAirmax Жыл бұрын

@@andersjensenorg I dont understand how the Task Scheduler adds any value if I have to be logged in anyway I can just start the flow myself.

@grzegorz2852 Жыл бұрын

Could I do that on my virtual machine, when I am not logged in (unattended mode)?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Yes, for sure, but then you need an unattended license (which is more expensive). And then the concept is not a win anymore 😏

@simon221196 4 ай бұрын

The PAD Console Host file is not on my pc. Do you know how that could be possible and if so, how to fix it?

@douglasaguiar6170 3 ай бұрын

you need premium license.

@andersjensenorg 3 ай бұрын

@gaurangamin6827 7 ай бұрын

Hi When flow run the flow to open Excel File which has Power Query Running When I open the file using Power Flow that query does not run in background any way to fix that

@andersjensenorg 6 ай бұрын

@jakeman202 Жыл бұрын

How do i do this if logged off? it triggers the flow but wont open the browser which is necessary to pull down the data i need daily

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

Great question, Jake - then we need to buy an unattended Power Automate Desktop license. Kind regards, Anders

@thetasqueezeofficial2605 Жыл бұрын

Wait hot come I do t have a link in details/properties? Help!!!

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@sapisoftware1942 Жыл бұрын

With Windows 11 is available? I can't find the path to get PAD.Console.Host.exe . Thanks!!!

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@Matelight_Repetition 10 ай бұрын

I had the same you have to install the standard (non windows store version) I think, but I still don't have a URL to flow

@sapisoftware1942 10 ай бұрын

thanks!! I hope this problem it will be fix!!@@Matelight_Repetition

@sujitbhowmick9517 Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤❤

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@AdeelRizvi 7 ай бұрын

This seems to be good, but it's not working; if the MAD instance is already running, you will end up with an error message that "Pipe named is already in use" meaning another instance of MAD is running. With this, it doesn't close the mad itself.

@andersjensenorg 7 ай бұрын

@user-uz3hd1zu6q 6 ай бұрын

Guys, for some reason, this is not working for me. When I click on Run in Task Scheduler, the task just goes into indefinite running state. Could anyone help or direct me in the right direction ? It seems one can't even find support with Microsoft (specifically for PAD) :|

@andersjensenorg 6 ай бұрын

@Abhishja Жыл бұрын

how to run the power automate desktop bot while the screen is locked with windows tasks scheduler?

@andersjensenorg Жыл бұрын

@JeffDanoff 10 ай бұрын

It was not obvious to me but, I think it is important to point out here that this only works with a Premium or Work/School PAD license? Not a standard home user PAD license?

@andersjensenorg 10 ай бұрын

Hey Jeff. True and thanks 🙂 A workaround is to go to Properties to the flow, you want to schedule. Define a shortcut, e.g. Ctrl+Q. Then schedule a PowerShell script that runs this at a certain time. The PowerShell script is 2 lines just. Kind regards, Anders

@JeffDanoff 10 ай бұрын

@andersjensenorg wow! Ok, thank you Anders! I will try this. I was looking for a solution like this but could not find it. Thanks.

@user-pk4wd6id6d 6 күн бұрын

Hi it works ONLY with the PREMIUM Version.

@andersjensenorg 2 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot 🙌

@renanlarrieu Ай бұрын

To get the ID from the task details, you will have to have premium account, otherwise, the "Run URL" will not appear for you (1:24)

@andersjensenorg Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

@Matelight_Repetition 10 ай бұрын

Note: This is going to work only in PAID version

@andersjensenorg 10 ай бұрын

Hey Matelight, you can start the workflows with PowerShell if you have the free version 😊

@ChenpingTsou 6 күн бұрын

@@andersjensenorg how to do that in powershell?

@MarkFreemanYVR 6 күн бұрын

Wondering. Do you need Premium PAD to do this. I see that you do not in the video. Still the case?

@andersjensenorg 2 күн бұрын

These days you do, but you can bypass it with a PowerShell script. I will create a video, when I have the time 😊 Kind regards, Anders

@konigdererste4501 11 ай бұрын

What if I dont find the exe file?

@andersjensenorg 11 ай бұрын

@radumelian9934 4 ай бұрын

Hi Anders,

@andersjensenorg 3 ай бұрын

Hey Radum 😊

@renanlarrieu Ай бұрын

This is a smart solution but only for who have bought the software...

@andersjensenorg Ай бұрын

Thanks for the input 😊🙌 Kind regards, Anders

@glaviznin 11 ай бұрын

Видимо это работает только на платных аккаунтах. никаких URL в свойствах потока у меня нет. приходится извращаться на бесконечно цикле. и почему то не всегда срабатывает.

@andersjensenorg 11 ай бұрын