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UIFlowService Config file resets on updates. Can you stop it?

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I haven't been able to find anything else on this topic. This Microsoft documentation explains how to set screen resolution for unattended mode. This is super important when one builds UI automation in a modern standard 16:9 aspect ration, since the default unattended resolution is in 4:3. However, the config file resets on updates. Is there a setting I can't find to prevent this? I'm not a huge fan of having to reset a vital configuration every month or so when PAD updates.

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  • ALester Profile Picture
    15 on at

    This is a behavior that I have observed as well.  I think it is very odd behavior for the configuation file to be overwritten on update.  The entire point of a configuation file is to set values independent of the core program code.  This configuration file requires admin privileges in order to modify, so the user is making a conscious decision to alter these values for their individual use case.  It seems to me that overwriting the configuration file on update is in direct conflict to software development best practice.  

  • msoenmez Profile Picture
    46 on at

    Edit : This problem have been solved for a while with the new Power Automate Desktop update. We have not different config files which are not being affected from program updates.

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    I had to modify the config files because of Proxy settings in the network of the machine. They are still being replaced with updates. As a workaroung, I have backed-up my modified config files to a seperate folder to copy them back to the Power Automate Desktop folder after updates. But this is so unnecessary... and also dangerous for productive usage. I hope it will be fixed soon

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