Control Screen Saver Action in Desktop Flow using Microsoft Power Automate

Microsoft Power Automate is a software by Microsoft for the automation of recurring tasks. It is part of the Microsoft Power Platform line of products together with products such as Power Apps and Power BI. More Details https://powerautomate.microsoft.com/en-us/

Desktop flows are the existing robotic process automation (RPA) capabilities in Power Automate and enable to automate all repetitive desktop processes.

The workstation group of actions provides a collection of actions that automate some essential functionalities of your workstation. To control the screen saver, we can use the Control screen saver action to enable, disable, start, or stop the screensaver.

Reading this article, you can learn how to control the screen saver using the Control screen saver action in a workstation group of actions with Desktop flow using Microsoft Power Automate.

The following important tools are required for developing Microsoft Power Automate,

1. Windows 10/11 (Recommended)
2. Power Automate Desktop - Download the Power Automate installer

Now we can discuss step-by-step App development.

Step 1

Open Microsoft Power Automate ->  New Flow

Next, Give the Flow name as PADScreenSaver, Click the Create button,

After that, we can see the Desktop flow,

Step 2

For Testing Control screen saver action in the Workstation group of actions,

In the Control screen saver action, the Screen saver action Parameter has 4 different controls: Enable, Disable, Start, and Stop.

Add the Control screen saver action, Set the Screen saver action Parameter value as “Enable”, and Click the Save Button.

Add the Control screen saver action, Set the Screen saver action Parameter value as “Start”, and Click the Save Button.

Add the Wait action, Set the Duration Parameter value as “10” and Click the Save Button.

Add the Control screen saver action, Set the Screen saver action Parameter value as “Stop”, and Click the Save Button.

Add the Control screen saver action, Set the Screen saver action Parameter value as “Disable”, and Click the Save Button.

Now, Save the PADScreenSaver Desktop Flow,

Step 3

Now we can run your PADScreenSaver Desktop Flow in Microsoft Power Automate, 

The output of the PADScreenSaver

Summary

Now, you have successfully tested the Control screen saver action in Desktop flow – PADScreenSaver in Microsoft Power Automate.