1. Search “Task Scheduler” in your windows search, and select the application.

2. Select “Create Task…”.

3. In the newly opened window, name and/or describe your task as you see fit, and make sure your settings match the ones highlighted in the image.

4. Navigate to the “Triggers” tab, and select “New…”. Set user as you see fit, however for compatibility I suggest having it only process on your account if you have multiple users on your PC.

5. Under the “Advanced Settings” tab, set your “Delay task for…” an amount long enough for steam to initialize, I use two minutes. Make sure the “Enabled” box is checked at the end. Your trigger settings should look something like this. Now press OK.

6. Navigate to the “Actions” tab, and select “New…” Set the action to “Start a program”.



7. Go into your Steam library, and right click “DesktopMate” > hover over “MANAGE” > and select “Browse local files”. Copy the file directory at the top of file explorer, which is highlighted in the image.

8. Navigate back to the “Task Scheduler” application, and select the “Browse…” button under the “Edit Action" window. Paste the directory into the top search bar, and double-click “DesktopMate”. Now select “OK”.

9. Navigate to the “Conditions” tab, and set the Power and Network sections as you see fit. I suggest setting a network connection argument, since Steam will only initialize if you have internet access.

10. Navigate to the “Settings” tab, and check the “Allow task to be run on demand” box, check the “If the task fails, restart every:” box, and set the values to 1 minute and 3 times. Check the “If the running task does not end when requested, force it to stop” box. Lastly, make sure the final value is set to “Do not start a new instance”.


11. Select OK, and restart to test!