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There is a user session on the target machine. Cannot execute unattended desktop flow.

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Error ''There is a user session on the target machine. Cannot execute unattended desktop flow.'' Please someone answer this question nicely. Add a screenshot of what we need to do. why this error. The support team is not very interested.

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Pstork1 69,657 Most Valuable Professional on at

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You can't run an unattended flow on a machine where someone is logged in. Make sure everyone is logged out of the target machine, but don't shut it down. Then run the unattended flow again.

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dewrimburak 28 on at

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actually i want to do it in virtual machine. there is no logout option for this.

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Take a look at this article on how to create a VM to use for running UI flows. The point is that you have to start the flow without having anyone logged in to it. Using Azure VM's to run UI Flows (RPA) - FlowJoe.io

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dewrimburak 28 on at

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Does anyone still solve this error? Will anyone help? I can't run it on remote desktop computer.

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For Remote Desktop try this article.

Automate Microsoft Remote Desktop with the May 2020 update to UI flows in Power Automate | Power Automate Blog

But this is about running the PAD from inside an RDP session, not unattended. You can only run unattended when the flow itself logs in to the remote machine. You can't do that if someone is already logged in.

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dyland- 6 on at

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Hi @dewrimburak
I just resolved a similar issue on my machine.
On your Virtual Machine, try to "Sign Out" as your user instead of disconnecting the session. Once signed out, give it a minute or so and try to run the flow again.

To Sign Out, instead of clicking 'Power', click your profile in the Start Menu then 'Sign Out'

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You can sign out your user before running the flow by simply press Ctrl + Alt + End => Sign Out

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When you use Windows Server it supports, multiple sessions. Otherwise as advised perform sign out before flow run.

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