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Power Automate saves Word Attachments to Sharepoint but they can't be opened

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Posted on by Nexus_Zero 2

Hello,
I am having an issue where Power Automate saves my email attachments to Sharepoint but then I can't open the attachment.
If I upload the same file from my computer to Sharepoint it opens fine.
Has anyone encountered this problem or knows how to fix it?

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  • Hardesh15 Profile Picture
    Hardesh15 7,087 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @Nexus_Zero  Its know behavior of flow. if you will test the failed flow you will encounter this error. 

    Please 'Thumbs Up' the posts that helped you and 'Accept as Solution' if my post answered your question.

    @Hardesh /Gopenly.in

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    Nexus_Zero 2 on at

    @Hardesh15 Thanks for the reply
    How can it be fixed? My flow is set to fetch attachments that are named a specific way and create them in Sharepoint. It does everything it should except create files that can be opened. I would post the flow except that I have been tweaking it a lot.
    Funny enough, when I use Get Attachment after the Condition, the files are created fine, however the condition is bypassed and unwanted attachments are also created

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