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Folder To Move Doesnt Exists - Only when folder name is less than 40 char and has no special characters but works otherwise

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I'm new to PAD and have been attempting to create a flow to rename folders so the names have no special characters and are less than 40 characters. Please see flow below:

Error in line 14

With the flow i have made it only works if the folder name contains a special character the the flow runs correctly however when the folder name is less than 40 characters and has no special characters i get an error stating "Folder to move does not exist"

With the following error:

Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.SDK.ActionException: Folder to move doesn't exist.
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.Folder.Actions.MoveFolder.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Robin.Engine.Execution.ActionRunner.Run(IActionStatement statement, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments)

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MichaelAnnis 5,727 Moderator on at

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So, you don’t need to move or rename this folder? You could just say “on error, continue”, if you don’t need it to do that step.

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Benjiem 9 on at

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Hi Michael,

Thanks for the response. Because of the way i have set up the loop and file names i has to both rename then move the renamed folder. This was to make it run through all the subfolders starting from the first on the list to last as i couldnt figure out another way of getting it to do exactly what i wanted.

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If you're still stuck, you can't rename a file to the same name it already has, try something like

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Thanks Jonathan, that makes a lot of sense. I just sat down to adjust it, going to implement your solution now. Honestly cant thank you enough

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