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OK, so the PowerApps Studio has been deprecated since I last messed with PowerApps. I'm trying to work through an Microsoft tutorial that supplies two .MSApp files as part of the tutorial.

How do you browse to an .MSApp file? Now that everything is done in the cloud version of PowerApps, "Browse" seems to be absent from the menus.

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timl 36,393 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @emhanna1

In the online version of PowerApps Studio, you can open .MSApp files via the Open > Browse menu option. This enables you to select an .MSApp file from your local file system.

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emhanna1 25 on at

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I see! You have to select "Create an App from Blank" and then you enter PowerApps Studio--and the menu options change to what you have shown.

Thanks for the help. I got it now.

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timl 36,393 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Yes, that's correct. Glad that's working for you now!

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Benyam 3 on at

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<h1> Thank you Boos </h1>

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sky_sats 41 on at

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For the newer version of PowerApps, can click Open from the ... ellipsis

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whyonearth 126 on at

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This is, apparently, not supported yet for Pages within a solution.

I was trying to copy in a page from a Canvas app doing the whole pac canvas unpack/pack CLI thing and the holdup occured when trying to import into a Page.

Funny thing is, you can "Download a Copy" of the page and unpack it via the CLI with no issue.

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sonali_235 25 on at

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I can open that .msapp.. but after opening it will it be a new app file or the same ?

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timl 36,393 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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@sonali_235 - it'll be an in memory copy of the app content in the .msapp file. If you want to share or publish your app, you'll need to use the Save option to save the app to the Power Apps cloud.

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sonali_23 27 on at

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Yeah got it I used in that way... Thank you for your reply

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