Bot Plays Minesweeper in Power Automate Desktop
In this Power Automate Desktop (PAD) video, I show a demo of and then give a walkthrough of my solution for playing and solving Minesweeper in Power Automate Desktop. It’s important to recognize that this solution uses almost entirely Image Recognition (Image-based actions), so traditional ways of interacting with a UI do not work. For example, modes such as Win32, UIA, and AA do not work for this desktop app.
I got the original idea to automate Minesweeper a couple of years ago from Baris Karakas. He automated Minesweeper in a web application using Blue Prism. Check out his video here: • Minesweeper is played by RPA - Blue P...
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Power Automate Desktop Version 2.16.00306.22020
Windows 10 Pro
SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server 2019 Developer Edition
Minesweeper X (https://minesweepergame.com/download/...)
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00:00 Intro/Demo
06:37 Intro to playing Minesweeper
09:31 Capturing images
13:34 Efficient looping using SQL Server
20:18 Subflows: OpenMinesweeper and GetDimensions
23:51 Subflow: Setup (for SQL Server table)
25:56 If Image action and
32:46 Subflow: Get_XY_By_RowColumn
34:18 Subflow: Get_TileType_By_Image
36:10 Subflows: RightClickTile, LeftClickTile, CheckWinLose
42:10 Subflow: RefreshBoardReference
46:48 Subflow: GetNearbyLists
50:51 Subflow: LoopNumberTiles
52:26 Subflow: TakeAction (which is inside LoopNumberTiles)
58:38 Continue Subflow: LoopNumberTiles
59:38 Continue Main Flow to Display Message
1:01:35 Separate Desktop Flow: Move Window
1:03:46 Final Demo/Test for 3 Difficulty Settings
1:18:57 End of Final Demo/Test (Expert Level reached lose condition)
1:20:19 Conclusion
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