Add application trigger

[aliask]

This pull requests adds the functionality to switch power plans when an application starts or stops.

New configuration items have been added for:

• Application process name (e.g. 'notepad.exe')
• Power plan to switch to at application start
• Power plan to switch to at application exit

Note that this functionality requires that the app be given administrator privileges.

[petrroll]

Hi!
First off, amazing work! Happy to see that my code is still useful after all this time. Unfortunately I'll not be merging the PR at the moment for two reasons:

1. I don't feel like making the app admin only as I generally don't like giving admin permissions to apps. Also, I'm not quite sure how the requireAdministrator plays together with MSIX/AppX "container" / if it's possible to have based-on-settings admin privileges, etc.
2. As of right now I don't have the time (Not in active development (since Sep2017) #23) to rework the packaging pipeline so even if 1) wasn't an issue I'd still not build a publish a new version.

Given that I see little reason to merge this in master. If someone wants to build their own version with app trigger support they can just just clone your fork and use it.

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Alternatively, I'd be happy to create a separate branch for this feature on this repo and you can merge into that one. I'll remember to keep it in sync with master if I ever come back to developing this.

I hope you understand. :)

[aliask]

Hi Petr, I completely get it - I had the same annoyance when I found out it would require admin access too. To be honest I just wanted this feature myself and had some time on my Sunday, and thought I may as well share the results. Hopefully someone finds it useful! Cheers, Will

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On Sun, 31 May 2020, 10:18 pm Petr Houška, ***@***.***> wrote: Hi! First off, amazing work! Happy to see that my code is still useful after all this time. Unfortunately I'll not be merging the PR at the moment for two reasons: 1. I don't feel like making the app admin only as I generally don't like giving admin permissions to apps. Also, I'm not quite sure how the requireAdministrator plays together with MSIX/AppX *"container"* / if it's possible to have based-on-settings admin privileges, etc. 2. As of right now I don't have the time (#23 <#23>) to rework the packaging pipeline so even if 1) wasn't an issue I'd still not build a publish a new version. Given that I see little reason to merge this in master. If someone wants to build their own version with app trigger support they can just just clone your fork and use it. ------------------------------ Alternatively, I'd be happy to create a separate branch for this feature on this repo and you can merge into that one. I'll remember to keep it in sync with master if I ever come back to developing this. I hope you understand. :) — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#27 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ABPOQXPHJKIGPN476GF5IPTRUJDH7ANCNFSM4NPCQS2Q> .

[MilanPutnik]

Just dropped by and wanted to say that you actually have (literally) a whole fanbase of at least 50 IT professionals and esports players - who use this small addon since its inception, across various CPU platforms that came along, trough all of the W10 iterations...up until now. :-)
We all would love to see an update from you - at least a symbolic zero point one. ;-P
Stay well and all the best !

[petrroll]

Hi, @MilanPutnik thanks for the kind words! I'll think about it :).