How to open your work apps the first time you unlock your PC each day

Build a KeyRoutines routine with PC unlocked and When KeyRoutines starts triggers. Format date gives today's date, and an If with Compare values checks it against the date the routine last ran; if it's new, Remember saves today, then Open app, Open URLs and Apply layout set up your day.

Steps

1. 1

   Add the triggers

   Add PC unlocked and When KeyRoutines starts, so a fresh sign-in counts as well as an unlock.

2. 2

   Get today's date

   Add Format date with the layout yyyy-MM-dd.

3. 3

   Stop if it already ran

   Add an If with Compare values: the remembered last_setup value equals today's date. Inside it, add Stop routine.

4. 4

   Remember today

   Add Remember with last_setup set to today's date.

5. 5

   Open and arrange

   Add Open app for each work app, Open URLs for your dashboards, and Apply layout to put them on your monitors.

Tips

• Add Time and day to the If if you only want it on weekday mornings.
• Remembered values survive restarts, so the check works across reboots.