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Launching Chrome and Edge with URL containing empty spaces not possible

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After updating my Power Automate Desktop version, I was not able anymore to properly run the flow step "Launch new Chrome" for my URL containing empty spaces. Running the step opens the Chrome browser, but does not resolve the entire URL, but only the base URL without empty spaces.

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If I used alternatively the flow steps "Launch with Firefox" it still works as expected. The empty spaces in the URL do not cause any issues and the page is launched as expected.

But I do have the problem that I am not able to add the Power Automate Extension to Firefox "An unexpected error occurred". So there would be no benefit and only disadvantages to launch the web pages with Power Automate instead of Power Shell. The time that is required to launch Power Automate Desktop and a dedicated flow is incredibly long.

Could you please fix the issue for Chrome?

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I already removed and added the Power Automate extension and cleared my cache in Chrome several times.

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Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

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Have you tried removing the browser extension from your browser and then adding it back again? This is recommended after an update.

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Delete Web cache ON, Recommend
AnRei 6 on at

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Yes, I tried. But still the same issue. There was even a new update. But it still did not work afterwards.
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Cleared the cache. Error still exists. Also cleared my temp files.
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I have heard from others that they experience the same issue as well. Instead of launching a browser, try using Run application to launch the browser app (chrome.exe for Chrome) and pass the URL into the arguments field. Then use Launch new {browser} action to attach to the browser instead of launching a new instance. This works all the time without any issues. I have been using this approach for years, because even before the previous update, Launch new Chrome was simply failing me inconsistently due to the extension loading too slowly on some machines. But running the app and then attaching to it has never failed.

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Tried your proposal, but same result as described above for URLs with empty spaces.