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How to open an app automatically when a device is connected
Add Device connected and Device disconnected triggers for the device to a KeyRoutines routine. Started by trigger picks the branch: Open app starts the device's app when it connects, and Close app closes it when the device goes away.
Steps
- 1
Watch the device
Add Device connected and Device disconnected with part of the device's name, for example Wacom.
- 2
Branch on the trigger
Add an If with Started by trigger set to Device connected.
- 3
Open the app
In the If branch, add Open app for the device's app with If running set to reuse.
- 4
Close it after
In the Else branch, add Close app for the same app.
Tips
- Works for USB and Bluetooth devices; each physical device fires once, even if it has several parts.
Questions
- What about headsets?
- For audio devices, use Audio device changed instead; it can also switch the default device.
- Does it work with game controllers?
- It can open an app such as a launcher when the controller connects. KeyRoutines doesn't send controller input to games.