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I am new to Power Automate so pardon my ignorance. I am trying to setup a Flow that will start Camtasia Recorder, wait 10 minutes, then stop it, answer the popup message box yes/no, then start recording again. I started this thinking I could do it in a batch file, but Camtasia's command line arguments are limited as is my batch file knowledge. Then I discovered Power Automate Desktop. I would like to add some decisions and loops in there to make it more versatile but I cannot get beyond the basic steps. I have tried several things adding UI element, send mouse click, Desktop recorder, and none of them can see any element of Camtasia. Desktop recorder, if I approach it as a macro recorder, can record the start button and clicking the Camtasia Recorder shortcut in the start menu, but beyond that it sees nothing. How can Power Automate not see a running program? Any help or insight is appreciated. Thanks.

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Hi @hjpeoples ,

Did you try Focus Window action before sending any mouse clicks actions?

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Sachin

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Thanks you for the suggestion. I tried this using Title and Class and the select window option. This option will highlight the message box with the window tag, but ctrl+left click does nothing, it simply does not see the window. If I click anywhere else, including the desktop the title and or class fields will populate, and the mouse will move and presumably click but of course it is not in the correct window for the click.

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