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Assistant user guide
  • UiPath Assistant
    • About UiPath Assistant
    • Preferences
  • Installing UiPath Assistant
  • Configuring UiPath Assistant
  • Assistant on MacOS
  • Picture in picture
    • Picture in Picture
    • PiP - Child Session
    • PiP - Virtual Desktop
    • Technology Comparison
  • Configuring attended automations
  • Governance
  • Widgets in Assistant

PiP - Virtual Desktop

Picture in Picture - Virtual Desktop allows you to run automations in a virtual desktop on your machine, freeing your main desktop. It also supports multiple PiP user sessions per machine and does not require re-authentication or starting any apps already opened in the main desktop.

How it works​

When a process is started in PiP, a new virtual desktop is launched and the process runs there, leaving the main desktops free to interact with.

There is also a dialog window, which allows you to switch to the PiP session to see what actions the robot is performing and how the automation runs in real time.

Controls​

The following controls are available for the PiP window:

  • docs image - Enable this to keep the PiP window on top of other applications even when it's out of focus.
  • docs image Minimize - Minimizes the PiP window to the main desktop taskbar without interrupting the process.
  • docs image Close - Closes the PiP window.

Additional information​

  • UIAutomation Activities v22.4 and above is required for Edge/Chrome browser automation when using PiP - Virtual Desktop.
  • How it works​
  • Controls​
  • Additional information​

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