System
Studio Pro activities > OS Automation > System. Includes "Shutdown computer", "Process found?", "Kill process" and "Command Prompt".
Activities
| Shutdown computer | Process found? |
|---|---|
| Log off, restart, or turn off the computer | Execute an action in case a specific process is running — and another action in case it is not |
| Kill process | Command Prompt |
| Stop a specific process | Execute a process using the terminal in the background |
Shutdown computer
Description
This activity allows you to log out of your account, restart your computer, shut it down, or put it to sleep.
Parameters
- Log Out - log out of the system
- Restart - restart the computer
- Sleep - go to sleep.
- Hibernate - put your computer into hibernation mode.
- Shutdown - shut down your computer.
- Force apps to close - some running applications may not allow you to shut down or restart your computer. Use this option to force the bot to close applications.
- Comment - allows you to add explanatory text to a block. The text will be displayed inside the block on top of the action name.
Process found?
Description
This activity checks if the specified process is running or not. If at least one instance of the process is running, then the "Yes" branch works, otherwise the "No" branch works.
Parameters
Process name
To find out the name of a process:
Open the "Task Manager" → select the process you want → right-click on it → go to "Properties".
- Set a value: allows you to manually specify the process name.
- Calculate a value: allows you to use a special formula or a special method to determine the process name.
- Save the previous step's result: takes the result of the previous workflow activity as the process name.
- Look for all user processes: allows you to find a running process in any active user account.
Comment
Allows you to add explanatory text to a block. The text will be displayed inside the block on top of the activity name.
Kill process
Description
This activity stops the specified process. If more than one process instance is running, all instances will be stopped.
Parameters
Process name
To find out the name of the process:
Open the "Task Manager" → select the process you want → right-click on it → go to "Properties".
- Set a value: manually specify the process name.
- Calculate a value: use a special formula or a special method to determine the process name.
- Save the previous step's result: takes the result of the previous workflow activity as the process name.
- Look for all user processes: find the running process in any active account.
- Forcefully kill: forcibly closes the process.
- Kill process tree: closes the process and all of its running child processes.
Comment
Allows you to add explanatory text to a block. The text will be displayed inside the block on top of the activity name.
Command Prompt
Description
Implements the command prompt functionality.
Parameters
Command
- Set a value: enables you to directly write the desired command, for example,
taskkill /F /IM Calculator.exe. - Save the previous step result: chooses the previous activity result as a command.
- Calculate a value: enables you to use available properties and methods to form a command.
Execute in background
This option allows you to execute the specified command in the background.
Comment
Contains an annotation to the activity. The input text will be displayed above the activity name.
Result
To store the cmd result in a variable, a user needs to add the 'Assign value to variable' activity after the cmd block, specify the variable name, and choose the 'Save the previous step result' option.
The result is a string. For example, if the whoami command is specified in the 'Command Prompt' activity then the following result will be returned: "desktop-ab1c23d\\demo_user\r\n"
Updated over 1 year ago