Sleep Return Timeout for Unattended Wake Up

Thanks for the info.

I checked and the task was not set to "repeat if failed"

For the most part, the task runs without an issues most of the time but every once in a while, my computer will not go back to sleep at the conclusion of the elapse time set in the task scheduler (it will still be awake)

Is there any way to tell if something else "occurred" that made the task scheduler fail to put the computer back to sleep (i.e. a windows update, a required restart...etc.) Even if something else did occur, my understanding is that the computer "switches back" to the the default power settings (in my case, it is the balanced power option which is suppose to put the computer back to sleep in 30 minutes)

The only think different in my computer that I have noted is the Windows 10 app in the lower right hand corner in the task so not sure if that would have anything to do with it or not.

Let me know your thoughts and I appreciate your assistance.

Thanks for your help.

I tried what you said -- Task manager has so many things listed it is difficult to know what caused the return to sleep feature to activated. Strange enough, after I do something (mouse click, push keyboard button...etc), the default sleep timer kicks in and it goes back to sleep after 2 minutes. Any other ideas on how to figure what is preventing the sleep timer from kicking back on after the elapsed time I set by your method??

Thanks.

Hi Brink,

Thanks for the suggestion. I am still somewhat new to Seven Forums so bear with me when it comes to some of the questions I ask.

Once I have created the sleep command shortcut, where exactly would I put the sleep shortcut command in the task scheduler "task" that I originally created (in actions tab, triggers tab...etc)??

Or would I just create a new "task" in the scheduler to run this sleep command shortcut at a designated time once the original "task" is completed (i.e. after 2 hour time I set for the original task)???

Does what I am asking making sense?? Thanks for your patience.

How do you do that?

If you have a tutorial in the forum, please let me know.

Thanks.