Letting the AI control the PC
You do not set anything up. Write what you want in the AI chat, in your own words, and the assistant does it on the computer it runs on.
What you can say
- Sound: "turn it down", "make it quieter", "volume 30", "mute".
- Music and video: "pause", "next track".
- Programs: "open Calculator", "launch Chrome", "close Chrome".
- The screen and the power: "lock the screen", "put the computer to sleep", "restart the PC", "shut down the computer".
- The state of the PC: "why is the computer slow?", "how much space is left on the disk?".
- Your own words: "Remember: 'lights out' means lock the screen." Later, "lights out" does exactly that. "What commands do I have?" lists them, "forget the command lights out" removes one.
How access is granted
The first time you ask for something on the PC, the chat shows a card Access needed. Press Allow and the request you made carries on by itself, so you do not repeat it. Not now changes nothing. After that the assistant just does it.
The single checkbox in the AI settings, AI access ("The AI can control this PC and devices on the network"), is the same thing. Untick it to take access away; the card will appear again next time. It works on Windows. A card on your phone or the website applies to the computer it names.
What happens at once, and what always asks first
Harmless actions run right away and the reply says what was done ("Volume 25%, was 40%"): volume, mute, media keys, opening a program, locking the screen, a notification. If you want it undone, ask.
These always show a card with exactly what will happen, and nothing happens until you press the button: sleep, restart, shut down, closing a program, cleaning temporary files. From the phone or the website, the card for sleep or shut down warns that you will lose access to the PC until it is switched on again.
Every action also asks while the conversation contains text from a web search or from your knowledge base, because that text could be the one asking for it.
When it is not sure: "Did I get it right?"
If the assistant understood your phrase only by guessing, it shows Did I get it right? with what it is about to do. Yes runs it and remembers the phrase, so next time it is instant. No drops the guess and answers your message as an ordinary question.
"Don't ask again" for closing programs
The card for closing a program has a Don't ask again checkbox. Tick it and closing programs stops asking. To undo, say in the chat: "ask before closing programs".
Scheduled tasks
Say it in the chat: "wake my second PC on weekdays at 8", "every day at 23:00 lock the screen". A card shows what will be scheduled; confirm it. "What is scheduled?" lists the schedule, "cancel the schedule for the second PC" removes one (with a card).
To build a task by hand, open the Tasks tab of the AI management screen, edit a task and open Advanced to get Actions before the question. A task has at most five actions. Only the website has this editor.
What it never does
- It does not run commands, edit the registry or install software: it has a fixed list of actions.
- It does not close Windows' own processes, other users' programs or Filemote itself.
- Other programs on the computer that use the local AI interface cannot reach these actions.
Related: AI chat from the browser, Devices on your network.
Updated 2026-11-07