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I'm trying to use the copy file action to copy a file from one place to another. The problem is that the file has a + in it and the plus seems to be getting removed causing the flow to fail.

So if, for example, the file is called ABC+123, flow is trying to copy ABC 123 and failing because it can't find it. What's strange is that if I look at the inputs in the debug it has the right file name but somehow it is still getting removed.

Any thoughts of how to force it to keep the +?

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CFernandes 8,504 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@Anonymous Yes, my friend you have found a BUG.

You can highlight it at https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/I-Found-A-Bug/bd-p/BugFound

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Hi @Anonymous,

You could consider send HTTP request to SharePoint to move file, there is a blog in github you could refer to, hope it could help you something:

https://gist.github.com/zplume/21248c3a8a5f840a366722442cf9ee97

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Hi @Anonymous,

This issue has been fixed, please feel free to use it.

If there has any issue when you using the Flow, please contact us, we will assists you better.

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I am currently experiencing the exact same behaviour reported by the OP. Did this bug reappear?
Also see Sharepoint Copy file action removes + sign.

EDIT: On second thought, it is actually not the EXACT same issue. In my case, the plus sign is in a folder name where the file is contained, not in the file name.

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Unfortunately I have the same issue. The mystery is even more, if I just make a copy then there are no issues, but when I use it in a flow with variables and Apply to each function I get troubles.
Have any discovered the same?

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BISK 6 on at

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I did found out that all signs except the + sign works when I made the default copy file with the normal path in normal text Ex. /Documents/Contents_caseno_title.docx.
But when a + sign is in the title you need to use the html path instead: %252fDocuments%252fContents_caseno_title.docx

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FrancoisT 4 on at

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Hello,
I keep encountering the same problem.
It has been indicated that the problem has been fixed. What should we do to apply this correction?

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pmesiha2020 4 on at

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I was facing the same issue, and after further testing, i used "Identifier" of the file instead of the FullPath, and both Copy/Delete activities worked as expected with file with special chars (especially + sign).

My trigger is when file is created or modified (properties only), and i used the following:

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FrancoisT 4 on at

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@pmesiha2020,
Thank you very much for your answer and the solution you provided.
It allows me to use the new version of the "Copy file" action.
For the record, I had implemented a workaround using the "Copy file (deprecated)" action. But, even if it avoided the problem of special characters, it introduced another one: the document attributes (column values) were not copied for pdf documents 😫

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Worked for me, thanks @pmesiha2020

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