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An Error occurred while communicating with the cloud services. Make sure that access to the required cloud services aren't blocked and try again" getting this error while launching power automate desktop

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My power automate desktop faced error "An Error occurred while communicating with the cloud services. Make sure that access to the required cloud services aren't blocked and try again" getting this error while launching power automate desktop". May I know that how to fix it ?

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    11 on at

    O ic ,let me update my network team first, Thanks for your suggestion

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    kailiang_cheong Profile Picture
    11 on at

    Here is a summary of the key points of our case for your records:-
    Issue: Issue with Power Automate Desktop configuration.

    Closure Note: Issue has been resolved by updating “these two (2) files PAD.Designer.exe.config and PAD.Console.Host.exe.config“.

     

    Link to refer 

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    Hi,

     

    Same problem here. How do I update these files?

     

    Thanks.

     

    GW79

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi,

     

    Sorry found the link that explains how to update the files. However, the same issue still exists. Does anyone have another solution?

     

    Thanks.

     

    GW79

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    3 on at

    I am having the same issue.

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