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PAD error : can't get handle for main window of local application

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Posted on by atdijkstra 9

Since last PAD updates my flow keeps failing when starting a local application. It throws an error being unable to get handle for window allthough the application does start. 

Flow was running without issues before the update to version .23220

 

any ideas on how to get around this? Below the current version.

 

 

 

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    atdijkstra 9 on at

    Solved myself for now:

    PAD was using the application reference to start the application. Changed it to use the actual .exe which I located using task-manager --> file location of the process 

     

    not sure if this location will be affected by future updates, so I might need to change the flow everytime the application gets updated to a new versoin

     

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