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I'm facing an issue with Power Automate Desktop in a proxy environment and would appreciate any insights.
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ProxyNetworkCredentialsKeyProxyServerProblem: Before changing my Windows password, PAD works fine and I can create flows. However, after changing the password, PAD fails to access cloud services.
Temporary workaround: To restore access, I currently have to:
This workaround is tedious and not ideal for regular use.
Is there a way to make PAD work seamlessly even after a password change?
Thanks in advance!
If you can automate the update of Generic Credentials after a password change, that saves you the manual step. You could script this:
Export current credentials before password change.
After password change, update stored credentials via script or manual input.
But this still involves some manual handling.
If your proxy supports Integrated Windows Authentication (like NTLM or Kerberos):
Ensure PAD is set to use system default proxy settings and Windows credentials for proxy authentication.
This way, when your Windows password changes, your user session tokens update, and PAD transparently uses the updated credentials without needing manual updates.
Check these:
Registry key ProxyNetworkCredentialsKey should ideally be empty or not set, so PAD uses current logged-in user credentials.
ProxyServer is set correctly.
Your proxy supports IWA (NTLM/Kerberos).
Storing static proxy credentials means PAD keeps old passwords after a change.
Remove stored proxy username/password from PAD config and Credential Manager.
Use current Windows user context for proxy auth.
If caching tokens cause issues, have a startup script that kills PAD and clears cache after password change.
Check if your PAD version has fixes related to proxy or authentication issues.
Newer versions handle token refresh and credential caching better.
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Riyaz
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