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Posted on by Delords

Hi,

I built a Desktop flow about five months ago which had a "Display select folder dialog" action with the initial directory parameter set to a folder on my drive.

Coming back to run the flow a few months later, I noticed that the select folder dialog only shows the Desktop folder with no way of navigating to other directories on my drive, which breaks the flow.

Can anybody shed some light on what may be the issue?

The version of Power Automate I have installed is 2.27.00184.22333.
OS version is Windows 11 22H2
I am not a premium user.

Thanks in advance,
Delords.

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momlo 1,527 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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This is a OneDrive app issue, see here:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Desktop/get-file-from-folder-won-t-allow-access-to-folders-that-aren-t/m-p/1892732/highlight/true#M20531

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kostasc Microsoft Employee on at

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Hey @Delords,
It's a bug and we'll be introducing a fix soon. Until we do, you can type the path manually.

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Delords 8 on at

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Hello Kostasc,

Thanks for the info. I'll be looking forward to the fix but in the meantime I'll use your recommendation.

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kjl 7 on at

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Is there an ETA on when this will be fixed? I am on Build 23.011.0115.0004 (64-bit) and the problem still exists.

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ShadyBrady 9 on at

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I just installed the latest yesterday and it is still broken!

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ShadyBrady 9 on at

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How long must we wait? How is a user supposed to type a path when the function won’t let you leave the desktop? Code that runs fine on windows 10 locks you into the desktop on windows 11.

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jusTodd on at

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This is a ridiculous usability issue! Please FIX!

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ssecondo 2 on at

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Even typing an initial folder it will default to my Desktop folder. When will this fix be ready?

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