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Triggering tasks and running programs when Windows 7 is plugged in or unplugged?

Fresh6 days ago
Mar 15, 20266331 views
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Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to execute a program on power events? Is there a Windows event that I can watch in Task Scheduler that will trigger when the power is plugged in? And an event when the power is unplugged? I want to start and stop CrashPlan while on battery power. (This has been a …

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Fix for: Triggering tasks and running programs when Windows 7 is plugged in or unplugged?

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By default, Windows does not log an event when you unplug or plug in your computer. However, with PowerShell you can listen for such a change and write your own events to the log. This script will do that:

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