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Power Automate desktop : Turning off an application.

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I watch Kevin's video which is about how to transmit data from word to excel. Evidently, Kevin used "terminate a process" for turning off a running application (e.g. word). However, it didn't work in my case. 

Has anyone encountered a problem like that? And do you know how to turn off a running application on desktop via Automate properly?


P/s: link to his video: 🤖 How to use Microsoft Power Automate Desktop - Full tutorial - YouTube
Thanks ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Velox 



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    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hello @Velox 

     

    I suppose you did not change the value of dropdown menu [Specify process by] from "Process name" to "Process ID".

     

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    It worked for me.

    Thank you.

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    Highboy Profile Picture
    1,187 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    How are you trying to do it ?

    This works for me.

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    You could also use send keys

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    There are more ways to do it......

     

  • Velox Profile Picture
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    thank youu!!!! 😁😁🤗😁

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