DeskRobo

Getting started

It takes about 10 minutes from download to running your first flow. (The app's interface is in Japanese; English meanings are given in parentheses.)

  1. 1Download

    Save the latest ZIP file from the download section. It is usually saved to your Downloads folder.

    Download

  2. 2Verify the file (optional)

    Run the following command in PowerShell. If the value matches the SHA-256 shown in the download section, the file was downloaded correctly.

    Get-FileHash "$env:USERPROFILE\Downloads\DeskRobo.zip" -Algorithm SHA256

  3. 3Extract

    Right-click the ZIP file and choose "Extract All". Any folder you can write to, such as Desktop or Documents, is fine.

    Double-clicking the exe inside the ZIP without extracting it will not work properly. Always extract first.

  4. 4Launch

    Double-click DeskRobo.exe in the extracted folder. If a blue confirmation screen appears the first time, do the following.

    1. When "Windows protected your PC" appears, click "More info".
    2. Once the publisher and app name are shown, click "Run anyway".
    3. It will not appear again after the first time.

    Our code signing certificate is still being prepared, so Microsoft Defender SmartScreen shows a confirmation screen for newly published apps. This step will no longer be needed once the certificate is in place.

  5. 5Open a sample flow

    Choose a flow file (.json) from the menu "ファイル" (File) → "開く" (Open). The flow list appears on the left, the steps in the middle and the selected step's settings on the right.

  6. 6Run and check the result

    Choose "実行" (Run) → "実行" from the menu, and the steps run from top to bottom. Each step shows a status such as "実行中" (running), "成功" (succeeded) or "失敗" (failed), and the results are recorded in the log at the bottom. To stop midway, choose "実行" → "停止" (Stop).

  7. 7Run on a schedule

    Register the command-line runner DeskRobo.Runner.exe in Windows Task Scheduler to run flows automatically at a set time. Here is an example that runs every day at 9:00 (run it in Command Prompt).

    schtasks /Create /TN "DeskRobo\DailyReport" /SC DAILY /ST 09:00 /IT /TR "\"C:\DeskRobo\DeskRobo.Runner.exe\" \"C:\DeskRobo\flows\report.json\""

    For flows that operate app or browser screens, register them with /IT as in the example so they run only while you are signed in to Windows.

Exit codes

DeskRobo.Runner.exe reports the result as an exit code.

CodeMeaning
0Succeeded
1The flow failed (the screen at the failure is saved in the log folder)
2Invalid arguments or flow file
3The same flow is already running
4Cancelled or time limit exceeded
9Unexpected error (an error report is saved in the log folder)

Log location

By default, logs are saved per day in %LOCALAPPDATA%\DeskRobo\logs\.