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Can't open PDF Files

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I have a flow that takes an attachment from an outlook email and it's supposed to save to a local network folder. The file saves and the flow works as intended, but the pdf will not be opened in any program I try. When I performed the testing for the flow I was able to open the pdf files, but all of a sudden I cannot. Can someone help me figure this out please ? 

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    lbendlin Profile Picture
    8,551 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    I remember a while back there was an issue when writing files would add binary data that would then mess up the readers.  Can you do a binary compare of the attachment and the saved file?

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    13 on at

    I actually got it fixed a few minutes ago. I changed the content type for the file to "Content Bytes" and now I can open the files without issues. Thank you for the response !

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