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Hello,

I'm trying to learn flow by performing a simple task of taking the body of a specific e-mail and create a text file on my desktop from the contents.

Flow summary:

When an e-mail arrives with "UPS Shipment" for a subject

HTML to Text: Take the body and turn it into text

Create file:

Folder path: C:\Users\brunstingn\Desktop

File name: Manual Tracking.txt

File Content: the plain text of the e-mail

The first two work, but it errors on the file creation. I believe I have everything set up correctly, but it keeps failing with an error message saying that "The credientials for this connection do not have access to 'C:\Users\brunstingn\Desktop/Manual Tracking.txt', please try using a different location or account..."

I have the latest on-premises data gateway installed. However, when I mangage it in PowerApps, the username and password field don't seem to stay populated. I fill them out, click save, but if I reopen it, they are blank again.

I did run the "Test-NetConnection -ComputerName watchdog.servicebus.windows.net -Port 9350" on powershell and got a true response, so my guesses are either I'm using the "Create File" module wrong, I have the gateway set up incorrectly, or there's something wrong with gateway that it's not retaining my credientials.

Any help will be much appreciated.

-Nic

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Hi @ nbrunsting,

Could you please share a screenshot of the configuration of your flow?

The error told that the credentials for the connection do not have access to your folder.

Could you please check whether the connection you have selected is the right one.

Further, if the Username, Password, gateway in your connection is wrong, an error could occur as you. Could you please check the Username, Password, gateway in your connection.

You could refer to screenshots below to create the connection:

Make sure the Username is configured to “DOMAIN\Username” and the Password is correct.

In addition, make sure the gateway you choose should be an already installed gateway in your computer.

There is a post with the same issue with you, you could refer to link below to see if you problem could be solved:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Connecting-To-Data/Problem-connecting-to-File-System-in-Flow/m-p/84581#M2565

Regards,
Alice Zhang

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Thank you for your response Alice. I added the DOMAIN to the username and the flow was successful!

Thanks for your assistance,
Nic

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