Automation Studio / Installation & Configuration
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Installation & Configuration

Everything you need for the initial setup of Automation Studio — from the system check to project-specific settings. Lay this groundwork once, and automating recurring workflows runs reliably on its own from then on.

⚡ Download AutomationStudio.zip

Requirements

Automation Studio runs on Windows and is published as a standalone, self-contained single-file EXE — no .NET runtime, no installation and no administrator rights required, just download and run.

win-x64

Automation Studio is available exclusively as a 64-bit build for win-x64. Since control happens purely through window coordinates and simulated input (SendInput) and Automation Studio has no diagnostics feature for the target process, no bitness matching with the target application is required — a 64-bit Automation Studio drives 32-bit and 64-bit target applications equally reliably.

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PerMonitorV2 DPI awareness: Automation Studio is registered as PerMonitorV2 DPI-aware. On multi-monitor setups with different scaling, make sure the target application is DPI-aware as well — otherwise recorded click and window coordinates can drift slightly when played back on a different monitor.

Where projects & settings are stored

Projects are stored under Documents\AutomationStudio\<ProjectName> — one folder per project with a project.json, an assets folder for image anchor pictures and screenshots, and a runs folder with one subfolder per test run and its result.json.

Core piece

Project properties

Project properties

When creating or editing a project, you set:

Central defaults

Default values stored in the general settings (e.g. monitor and resolution) are applied automatically when a new project is created. Every project stays independently editable afterwards via its project properties.

Fine-tuning image anchor search

The general settings let you adjust the patch size and minimum match score of the image anchor search. Higher values increase accuracy but make the search pickier — important for keeping recognition robust when the target application's layout shifts.

License activation & trial period

After the first launch, Automation Studio runs a time-limited trial period whose status is shown in the main window. The "Activate license" dialog checks the entered license against the INSPIRED SOFTWARE license server and unlocks the application.

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Try it without limits: Recording and playback are never locked during the trial period. The lock only kicks in when saving, exporting, or creating another project once the trial period has expired.

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