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I'm trying to create a desktop flow that grabs a title from a web page, combines with a date and creates a folder with that info. It errors out with the below result. I suspect it has to do with the way the data is extracted as there are no ilegal characters and If I remove the %datafromwebpage% variable the folder gets created with no issues. Appreciate any help.

Robin.Core.ActionException: Can't create folder 05-26-21 Question Info
into c:\scripts. ---> System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
at Robin.Modules.Folder.Actions.FolderActions.CreateFolder(Variant newFolderPath, Variant newFolderName, Variant& newFolder)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Robin.Modules.Folder.Actions.CreateFolder.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Robin.Runtime.Engine.ActionRunner.RunAction(String action, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments, IActionStatement statement)

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Power Automate Desktop

Trying other options:

1. Create the file with the variable (A file is created but only contains the first of two words and does not have an extension (should be a docx))

2. Create a new file (new.docx), Copy to a clipboard the output of DatafromWebPage, then use that output to rename the file, this yields an ilegal character error.

The output works correctly if displayed in a message box, exported to excel etc, but breaks when creating the folder/file, so I suspect something is broken in PAD when using this functions that will not accept more than one word in that variable.

Robin.Core.ActionException: Can't rename file ---> System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
at Robin.Modules.File.Actions.FileActions.RenameSingleFile(FileVariant currentFile, String eventualName, Boolean overwrite, ListVariant`1& result)
at Robin.Modules.File.Actions.FileActions.RenameFile(Variant source, Variant newName, Variant textToAdd, Variant textToRemove, Variant textToReplace, Variant replaceWith, Variant newExtension, Variant customDateTime, Variant seqNewName, Variant startNumberingAt, Variant incrementBy, Variant& renamedFiles, Boolean overwrite, Int32 fileRenameScheme, Boolean newNameKeepExtension, Boolean addTextBeforeName, Int32 newCaseForName, Int32 newCaseForExtension, Int32 dateTimeToAdd, Boolean addDateTimeBeforeName, Int32 addDateTimeSeparator, String addDateTimeCustomFormat, Boolean addSequenceBeforeName, Boolean sequenceUseExistingName, Int32 sequenceSeparator, Boolean usePadding, Int32 paddingLength)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Robin.Modules.File.Actions.RenameFiles.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Robin.Runtime.Engine.ActionRunner.RunAction(String action, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments, IActionStatement statement)