AutoActions is an Open Source app that allows you to toggle HDR, create profiles for specific apps, change display settings, and more.

AutoActions allows you to create profiles that can perform specified actions like changing display settings, setting your default audio device, and launching a script or program. You can accomplish this via an easy process through the UI. It is broken down into the available sections; Status, profiles, apps displays, and settings. After creating a profile, AutoActions monitors it and will run the specified actions assigned to that profile.

AutoActions is relatively easy to set up, providing you with a timesaving option to assign specific actions to commonly used apps, etc.

AutoActions Features:

Auto-Start
AutoActions will start after the current user has logged on.

Profiles

You can create profiles, which contain actions to be run on specific application events. The possible events are Started, Closed, Got Focus, and Lost Focus.

Profile actions

Display action

Toggle HDR, change resolution, refresh rate, and color depth

Audio action

Audio actions change default playback or record audio devices

Run or close program action

Run any program or script as you want or kill running processes

Reference action

These actions are referencing an existing profile

Application assignment

You can assign one profile to different applications

Action shortcuts

Create action shortcuts and access them in the status view or from the tray menu

Compatibility mode (Restart)

In some games, i.e., Cyberpunk 2077, you don't see any HDR options in settings when HDR was not enabled in Windows before the game was launched. Therefore, the application kills the process on the first occurrence, activates HDR, and restarts the process

Display settings per monitor

Select which monitors you want to control with AutoActions