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Within desktop flow, I want to execute multiple cmd commands simultaneously and receive a return

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Posted on by epicmobile 2

Within desktop flow, I want to execute multiple cmd commands simultaneously and receive a return. What should I do?

 

The number of cmd execution commands is about 10,000, and each command takes 30 seconds to complete.
So, cmd execution must be executed in parallel on one PC and receive a return. The cmd return value contains execution [failure-errorcode, success] values.

How best to solve this in desktop flow? I need advice

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  • UshaJyothiKasibhotla Profile Picture
    UshaJyothiKasibhotla 229 Moderator on at

    Hi @epicmobile 

    I think It is not possible to run the cmd commands simultaneously since the power automate desktop is built into the linear model.

    you can loop through them and run one by one.

     

    Hope this helps,

    Usha

  • eetuRobo Profile Picture
    eetuRobo 4,607 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    As @UshaJyothi20 said I don't think PAD has functionality for that. 
    Maybe you can try to find a way to do that with a script. So with Run PowerShell script -action and try to come up with a script that would run those commands in parallel. 

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