TsunamiZ Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Scheduling a macro prevents screensaver and PC/monitor standby from occuring. I scheduled a macro to run once on "startup", and it prevents my screensaver from working until I disable the macro. Which means I won't be able to use scheduled macros if I want to save electricty. Can this be fixed soon? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 From the Knowledgebase: Many scheduled macros do not work properly when the screen saver or power management features have been activated. To prevent problems, by default, Macro Express disables your screen saver or power management features if you have a Scheduled macro in your macro file. In most cases you should be able to get a Scheduled macro to work properly with the screen saver or power management features enabled by modifiying the macro. For example, you may need to send a keystroke and then delay to allow your desktop to be restored. To enable your screen saver or power management features when using a Scheduled macro, load the Macro Express Editor and click on Options | Preferences | Scheduler. Uncheck the box next to "Disable Screen Saver when using Scheduled Macros". - Updated: May 27, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsunamiZ Posted February 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2007 curious, has any improvements or changes been made to this in 3.6? btw: does unchecking "Disable Screen Saver when using Scheduled Macros" conflict with scheduled text boxes showing up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 I personally never use ME's scheduler to start macros at specified times! Instead, I use the Windows scheduler (which also comes with the option to wake the machine up if necessary in order to run the job), using a task such as: "C:\Program Files\Macro Express3\Meproc.exe" /AMyMacro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsunamiZ Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 but i use the scheduler to make text popups to remind me of things...which the windows scheduler doesnt do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 but i use the scheduler to make text popups to remind me of things...which the windows scheduler doesnt do You could simply use the Windows scheduler to start the macro you are using for your popups. But, in this case, there's no advantage to my suggestion! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsunamiZ Posted February 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 but i use the scheduler to make text popups to remind me of things...which the windows scheduler doesnt doYou could simply use the Windows scheduler to start the macro you are using for your popups. But, in this case, there's no advantage to my suggestion! how can i do that? but jumping between to different programs for this is inconvenient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TsunamiZ Posted June 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 any fix yet in the new version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted June 17, 2007 Report Share Posted June 17, 2007 I have reviewed this discussion topic and do not see anything that requires a fix. What change are you requesting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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