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Hi everyone, how do I get the desired folder in the drop-down of "Get special folder"?

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PetrosF-MSFT Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @SCO_PP

The "Get special folder" action is used to automatically retrieve the local folder path of a certain "special" folder.

The folder path is the output of that action.

I am not sure if I answered your question, if not, could you please rephrase it so that I could understand what is the exact issue that you are facing?

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Thank you for response.

Perhaps I should explain what I'm trying to achieve.

1. Launch Outlook > Retrieve mail ( saved attachment to desired location)
2. Use the "Get special folder" function to get 1.

My logic was where do I need to create a folder so that it appears in the list of "Special Folder name" or it's properties.

its reference is C:\User\XXXXXX\ - When I create a folder in that location it doesn't appear in the list

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Hi @SCO_PP

Using the "Get special folder" action we can store the path of a folder from a predefined folder list (special folders), into a variable.

Custom folder paths are not available in that action.

Should you want to save your custom folder path into a variable, then you could use a Set Variable action, setting the variable's value to be the folder path.

I hope the above clarifies.

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