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Power Automate Desktop Flow does not work unless I have the Edit Page open.

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Posted on by NH15 2

I have a Power Automate Flow Desktop Flow that does some work in Excel. Whenever I am editing the flow and run it, it works as intended. However, if I run it from this page: 

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It does not work as I want it to. It goes to the same step, where it tries to select Column C in excel and it fails.

Any ideas as to why this happens?

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  • eetuRobo Profile Picture
    eetuRobo 4,524 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Have you tried does other flows also fail if you run them from that front page or just the one? If you create a test flow that doesn't do the excel actions does it run fine then?

    When you run the flow are you doing anything on the machine?

     

    Can you share screenshot of the flow actions where the flow usually fails?

  • NH15 Profile Picture
    NH15 2 on at

    Yes I have tried other flows and those seem to be working fine, even if there are excel actions. The only issue is with this specific flow. I am not doing anything else on the machine while it runs. Here are the steps where it fails at:

    NH15_0-1709903519086.png

    It does everything and fails on step 33.

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