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How to run a PAD flow from command line

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Posted on by Yishu

I tried this Powershell command:

Start-Process ms-powerautomate:/console/flow/run?workflowName=myflow

but it didn't work.

Is there any command prompt or Powershell command that can start a PAD flow?

Thank you.

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Gidi 601 on at

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Hi Yishu,
try it with double quotes and note that you might need a premium license to use it.

Example for running from command prompt:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Power Automate Desktop\PAD.Console.Host.exe" "ms-powerautomate:/console/flow/run?workflowName=[workflowName]"

Refer also the the related learning page:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/run-desktop-flows-url-shortcuts#use-a-run-url-in-the-command-prompt

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Yishu 20 on at

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My PAD is a Microsoft Store installation, so I have to run my flow via Powershell.

I tried it with double quotes but it still didn't work.

Is there any problem with my URL? I typed it in my browser, but the flow didn't start.

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You can find an automatically created run URL consisting of the environment and flow IDs on the properties section of the desktop flow. You can find more information about flow properties in Desktop flow properties.

Compare this URL with yours.

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Yishu 20 on at

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I find that there is no Run URL or Flow ID in the Details tab of Flow Properties in my PAD. I guess it is because my device runs Windows 11 Home, so I can't run flows via URL.
Thank you for your help anyway.

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Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

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The reason why you have no Run URL and FLow ID, is not because you run it on Windows 11 Home, but because you need a Power Automate Premium license to have that. The free license does not support these features.

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