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Can´t open excel or powerpoint file anymore. Please help.

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Hi,

I had a good working flow and today I can´t open any powerpoint or excel files which my flow creates because of this message.

Lars123_0-1675160503558.png

In says: PowerPoint has a problem to read the content of my sharepoint site.

I hope you can help me

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    Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

    This is what happens when I try to open the created excel file.

    Lars123_1-1675161850779.png

    In English: The file can not be opened by excel, because the file type is incorrect. Check if the file is broken.

     

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