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Hello! i am very new with PowerAutomate.

Is there any option with powerautomate desktop to detect if a file is created or modified ??

Thanks you!

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You can use Wait for file to wait for a file to be created. When you actually have a file type variable (usually retrieved via Get files in folder), you can also use the properties of the variable to check when they were created and/or modified. %File.CreationTime% will tell you when it was created and %File.LastModified% will tell you when it was last modified.

However, these can only be used within a flow that is already running. Power Automate Desktop does not support any triggers on its own. If you want a file trigger, you will need to use cloud flows with a Premium license to build the trigger and then start a desktop flow.

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