Running Get Files in folder on multiple computers

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Hello,

I am unsure if I can get this to work. But as a test I have created a list and split text, and then a "For each" loop using that list. That list is different computer names on our network. I want to get the Files, and zip them, so I can upload to sharepoint for Archive purposes. This is kind of what it looks like as a test.

I can't seem to Get Files in folder, it wants a text. What I have is "\\${CurrentItem}\c$\ProgramData\DAVIE4\Archive\" again CurrentItem being the computer name. It wants a text value, so instead I made a new Input variable and put that in there, but still no go. Is the syntax wrong or is this just a no go?

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I don't think you can do a Get files in Folder to another PC on the network. I believe it needs to be a local path.

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So, is there any way. We're looking to backup a folder on multiple computers, but it'll be a big list of computers that can change so it would need to be dynamic.

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PowerShell is better suited for this kind of work, but you could execute the PowerShell script to retrieve the files from Power Automate.

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