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Questions about Power Automate Desktop for Windows 10 and 11.

Submit questions related to Power Automate Desktop from Microsoft, an automation tool primarily focused on Microsoft Windows 10 and 11. Questions about the cloud version (Power Automate) should be tagged with power-automate instead.

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Is there a way to schedule and run a Power Automate Desktop flow from desktop itself without using cloud?

I have created a desktop flow using Power Automate Desktop. But I cant schedule or make it run automatically. Is there any way to do so? I don't wish using cloud flows and connecting Desktop flow using Gateways. I need to automatically run Desktop…
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how to write datatable in excel using power automate desktop while preventing large numbers to be converted to an exponent

I am having an issue when writing a datatable to power automate desktop, the issue occurs when a cell has a large number, since it converts the data to exponent. Below is how I am writing the datatable to excel. The datatable as it appears on PAD…
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Python XML to CSV Conversion & Append Data to a Main .csv file

Links: Sample XML Tools in use: Power Automate Desktop (PAD) Command Prompt (CMD) Session operated by PAD Python 3.10 (importing: Numpy, Pandas & using Element Tree) SQL to read data and insert into primary database Method: XML to CSV…
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How do I use datatable data in a variable for writing to a file?

I'm grabbing some data off of webpages and trying to concatenate with some data pulled from other pages but keep getting the error that the data-tables need to be the same size. What am I missing here? The datatables are myCoID (just a string) and…
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Multiple conditions with contains in power automate desktop

I want to evaluate multiple conditions in one If statement in Power Automate Desktop. I have been able to do it with the basic operators (=, >, <, <>, etc.) and using IsEmpty. But I have not found any documentation about how to use it with…
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Use @everyone in power automate

I am new to power automate, I would like to mention @everyone when Keywords are mentioned in MS Teams I tried but it rendered as text instead of a command that would notify everyone in MS Teams group chat. What can I do to make this possible?
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Importing/Appending Excel Files into Access Database using Power Automate

I am currently new to Power Automate and am wondering if there is a way to import multiple Excel sheets (all same format/column names) into the same data table in Access using the append option, doing so through Power Automate. To my knowledge there…
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Generate notification when Power Automate fails to run a Flow for Desktop

I have created a flow in Power Automate for Desktop on a server. This flow is scheduled in Power Automate (cloud) to run every hour. Some times there is an error running the flow on the server side, and I want to get a notification in email each…
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Powershell Error "You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression" when I create new Doc document in power Automate desktop

I'd like to make power automate desktop flow for making PDF from Image. I can't find direct method from image to PDF, so, I tried to make new word document and insert image. After that I tried to convert document to PDF with below code. However it…
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Regex to select text with ONLY one tab in front between two specific strings

I'm just getting started with Regex and want to select text that has ONLY one tab in front between two specific strings. In that case I want to select text that is between ABC and CDE (don't select ABC and CDE) and has ONLY one tab in front of it.…
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LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE file request rejected due to restrictions on access (ODBC)

Oh my, how do I even start asking this question.... I have a feeling this has been answered more than ones but I'm too dumb to understand the answers.... So I'm sure I'll be roasted for lots of reasons, but I'm feeling brave today. I'm trying to…
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A question about Power Automate to proceed macro from another excel file

Hello I am a newbie that working on a project that requires to use Power automate desktop to analyze data in the excel worksheet. The project needs me to download a excel file from website and proceed with macro. Now I am able to download file from…
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Loop through drop down with dynamic html table

I'm hard stuck with this one so any advice welcome! Ive been trying to create a flow that goes to this website https://dlv.tnl-uk-uni-guide.gcpp.io/ and scrapes the data from each table in the Subject Areas drop down list. My knowledge of HTML is…
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GUI Scripts (Power Automate) not working in minimized Remote Desktop

Problems statement : GUI Windows Automation scripts not running when minimizing the Remote Desktop Connection. Windows scripts done in power automate. Scripts perfectly working when we open the Remote Desktop. What i have tried Tried this below…
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How to create schedule Power Automate getting data from Power BI report

I have a PowerBI report and need to run a Flow that converts the data into a Sharepoint List. I could create this flow, but the trigger is "When a PowerBI button is clicked". I would like do this with recurrence with "Scheduled trigger", but I tried…
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