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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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Targeting active processes in Windows Power Automate actions

I have created an action to shut down several processes. Why? I am using Dragon Pro voice-to-text and Voice Computer in my adaptive technology stack. Unfortunately, the former crashes regularly, and when this happens, it doesn't shut down cleanly. I…
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Run Application Flow - Timeout value (Microsoft Power Automate)

In the "Run Application" flow, there is a "Timeout" setting. Is this setting in seconds? Milliseconds? Something else? The information tooltip does not say in what format it is, nor does the online documentation.
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Can I connect browser right-click with Power Automate script?

Suppose I right-click on an image or a link (or some other element) in the browser. How can I arrange to have a script invoked afterwards that receives data about the clicked element? Thanks for any discussion.
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Power Automate Desktop Selenium to VBA

I have installed Power Automate Desktop. Is possible to link Selenium from Power Automate Desktop to VBA references?
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it is possible to pass argument to powershell script a datatable?

I'm trying to create a PowerShell script that inserts a datatable to SQL via WriteToServer... This script is called by a PowerAutomateDesktop automation. So... I cannot pass my datatable as an argument :( %dt% it s datatable variable which needs to…
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I'm using power automate to query an access database and I want to know how to return the query headers to my output

I'm directly querying a local access database using power automate desktop. I'm performing an sql query directly into access by way of an open sql connection in power automate rather than pulling data from a stored results table. When I write the…
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Power automate how to open a file with a different app

I need to open a file with an app that is not a default app for this file, in other words to right click on a file and go to open with, and select the app I want to open the file with, is there a way to create a flow for that in PA?
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What version of VBScript is used in Power Automate Desktop?

Within Power Automate Desktop, I can create an action to run a VBScript. For example, if I have created a variable CurrentDate with the Get current date and time action, then the following script in a VBScript action will generate output in a text…
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Regex for a line containing only two capital letters

I am looking for Regex (to be used in Power Automate Desktop) for finding a line containing only two capital letters. So in below example, it should find only line 5 as the correct choice. I tried following. It works in regex101 website but for some…
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Can we create a CICD pipeline for PowerAutomate Desktop project using Azure DevOps Pipeline? If YES, then how?

I'm trying to set up a cicd environment for a power automate desktop project where I will use the Azure devops pipeline. I have configured the CICD environment for cloud flow but facing challenges in desktop flow. The release pipeline is failing…
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Excel VBScript: Ability to convert funky exponential number to a readable format

Looking for a way to convert a column from "General" to "Number" format in excel using VBScript in Power Automate Desktop I have an excel workbook (xlsx) that can be populated by end users in one of two ways. They have formulas setup to populate…
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How to calculate date of tuesday of current week?

In power automate (desktop), regardless if it is monday or saturday, how can I calculate the tuesday of the current week?
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Independently select reference and date using Regex for parsing text

I am parsing text in Power Automate in a multi line pdf document. The text example is like the one below xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Invoice Nº / Date 12345678 / 10.04.2023 Using Google, Stack Overflow and regex101 I got…
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