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How to restart PC if it’s on idle status for 1 hour

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Hello guys,
I am trying to create a task on Scheduler when PC it’s on idle for 1 hour automatically to be rebooted but it’s not working. PC is getting reboot every 5 minutes even when I am working. This is the task that I’ve created
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Please can you help me with a solution for this.

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Rather than Trigger, try Conditions.

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Read https://www.onmsft.com/how-to/auto-shutdown-your-windows/ for their example.

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How to Automatically Shut Down Windows on Idle
Select your existing shutdown task in the Task Scheduler.
Right-click on the task and select Properties.
Open the Conditions tab in the Properties window.
Select Start the task only if the computer is idle for the option.
In both the time field, enter the same time.

Greetings,
John

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