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How to launch one drive excel in power automate desktop using one drive folder link?
I am able to launch excel which is available in my local system is it launching using my system path

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VishnuReddy1997 2,656 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @gauravsolanke ,

As per my understanding,Launching a specific OneDrive Excel file directly within Power Automate Desktop (PAD) isn't possible due to limitations in how PAD handles file paths.
You can achieve this functionality with a few workarounds:
1.Sync the OneDrive folder containing your Excel file to your local machine and creating the flow as below shown in image.
2. This approach involves combining PAD with Power Automate Cloud Flows. The Cloud Flow would handle downloading the file from OneDrive and storing it temporarily. Then, PAD would be triggered to launch the downloaded Excel file using the local path.

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Deenuji_Loganathan_ 6,250 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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@gauravsolanke

First, try to sync your Excel file from OneDrive to your local system, then utilize the same "launch excel" action to open the file.

Another workaround is follow the below approach:

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Deenuji Loganathan 👩‍💻
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