Win11toast create scriptable notification

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I'd like to create a python script that sends me a windows toast notification and gives me two buttons, one to postpone, and one to start a backup (powershell script).

I tried multiple libraries, like winotify, win10toast, but settled on win11toast.

def on_postpone():
    print("Postponed")

print(f"starting Backup notification")

ps_script = os.path.join(user_folder, 'Pictures', 'Backup_Starter.ps1')
buttons = [
    {'activationType': 'protocol', 'arguments': f'{ps_script}', 'content': 'Start Backup'},
    {'activationType': 'protocol', 'arguments':'', 'content': 'Postpone Backup'}
]
    
# send toast
 toast(
    "Script Ready to Start",
    f"Click 'Start Script' to start, or 'Postpone' to postpone the Backup.",
    duration="long",  
    buttons=buttons,
    audio='ms-winsoundevent:Notification.Looping.Alarm'
)

# if Nothing clicked
print("Postponing the script...")
on_postpone()

While this kinda works, I cannot find a way to make the Start Backup button start the script, it does just open in notepad and also I cannot find a way to execute on_postpone always, except it there was a click on Start Backup.

Package used: https://pypi.org/project/win11toast/

shiromeido · Accepted Answer · 2025-03-05 07:29:41Z

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I'm not sure if this Project is still active, but i've ran into the same Problem. with almost the same Intentions. Only Solution i could make work was to get rid of the Buttons and use the Notification itself:

from win11toast import *
import os, sys, win11toast


def on_postpone():
    print("Postponed")

print(f"starting Backup notification")

# send toast
toast(
    "Script Ready to Start",
    f"Click this Notification to start the Script, or ignore it to postpone the Backup.",
    duration="long",
    on_click=r'c:\path\to\backup_script',  # i've tried it with raw-path to script.py
    audio='ms-winsoundevent:Notification.Looping.Alarm'
    )

# if Nothing clicked
print("Postponing the script...")

In this way, you start your Backup-Script by clicking the Notification. To postpone it, close the Notification or simpy ignore it (stays in Notification Center until you clear it or restart your PC)

//Testet on Windows 10 and 11

Reference: some Books, older Scripts from me and a lot of Time google Stuff

edited Mar 5 at 7:29

answered Mar 5 at 7:28

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shiromeido Mar 5 at 7:32

if your script still starts in notepad, check 'Open with' defaults or import and call a child.py-script which forces your backup-script to start in powershell.

JustAGuy · Accepted Answer · 2025-10-12 12:30:14Z

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It's possible to combine the callback used for clicking any area of the notification with button click handling. See code example below:

from win11toast import toast
import subprocess

def open_notepad():
    subprocess.Popen(["notepad.exe"])

def on_click(args):
    print(args['arguments'][5:])
    if args['arguments'][5:] == 'Yes':
        print('Yes clicked!')
        open_notepad()

toast('Ask user', 'Do you want to open Notepad ?', on_click, buttons=['Yes', 'No'])

Here is another examples: https://github.com/GitHub30/win11toast/discussions/3

edited Oct 12 at 12:30

answered Oct 12 at 12:25

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