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Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

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Posted on 29 Sep 2020 12:18:47 by

Hi all,

Could any one help me with this error, i tried re-installing extension as well but it doesn't work smoothly.Out of 10 times atleast i face it 7 timesScreenshot (153).png

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    on 25 Apr 2022 at 11:20:30
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Hi PetrosF-MSFT 

    Could youPlease to explain how you achive from the point 3 to 5  of your description. 

    How you run RAD as admin ? which activity allows to run PAD as admin ...etc
    thank you 

  • imran_shaikh Profile Picture
    8 on 05 Nov 2021 at 10:41:18
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    for me it got resolved after removing and adding same browser extenstion.
    in power automate desktop goto tools 
    then browser extensions
    then remove and add the chrome extension

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    on 04 Jun 2021 at 14:14:52
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Hello @Anonymous 

    I got a solution to that so you can apply the following steps:

     

    Step 1)Add Power Automate extensions in your browser

    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/microsoft-power-automate/gjgfobnenmnljakmhboildkafdkicala/relatedextension.png

     

     

    Step 2) You have to change some settings in Chrome Browser -->

                                                                                         

    Settings -->Advanced-->System   then

     turn off the toggle button for "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed".

     

    Chrome settings.png

     

     

    Thanks.

  • sardy720 Profile Picture
    2 on 25 Mar 2021 at 22:38:34
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Worked Perfectly! Thanks very much, specifically I think it was Environmental Variable that was my issue. 

  • VamsiGogineni Profile Picture
    10 on 25 Mar 2021 at 20:25:06
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Hey @dRautela_1234 ,

     

    You might have got it resolved already. If in case not, please follow the steps mentioned here

    Basically you need to add the extension to Edge.

     

  • dRautela_1234 Profile Picture
    71 on 12 Nov 2020 at 08:47:20
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Hi, @PetrosF-MSFT,

    I am facing the same issue but on Microsoft edge.

    Error- Failed to assume control of Microsoft Edge (Internal error or communication failure. Could you please guide me on how to resolve this issue?.  Waiting for your earliest reply.

  • PetrosF-MSFT Profile Picture
    on 15 Oct 2020 at 15:15:12
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Hi @bsatuluri 

     

    Feel free to follow the instruction as mentioned above, and make sure that you have the latest Browser and addon versions installed.

     

    I hope that helps!

  • bsatuluri Profile Picture
    2 on 13 Oct 2020 at 21:53:07
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Hello,

     

    I am still running into similar issues while execution. It works intermittently though.

     

    Robin.Core.ActionException: Failed to Select Option(s) (error in communication with browser). ---> System.Exception: Tab id does not exist
    --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
    at Robin.Modules.WebAutomation.Actions.SetDropDownListValueBase.Execute(ActionContext context)
    at Robin.Runtime.Engine.ActionRunner.RunAction(String action, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments, IActionStatement statement)

  • PetrosF-MSFT Profile Picture
    on 29 Sep 2020 at 15:16:00
    Re: Failed to assume control of Chrome (Internal error or communication failure).In Launch Chrome Action Powerautomate Desktop

    Hi @Anonymous 

     

    At first I would suggest that you follow the instructions mentioned here.

     

    If the issue persists, please check the below:

    1. Is the extension installed in multiple Chrome profiles on the same machine? If yes, then delete from the rest of the profiles and install only on the one you intend to use

    2. If any of the below processes is running in the background, stop them as they may interfere with the addon:

    1. Google Chrome Installer
    2. Google Crash Handler
    3. Google Installer

    3. Run PAD as admin and check if the issue persists

    4. Go to %localappdata%\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Preferences and set the "exit_type" parameter to "normal"

    5. Make sure that the environmental variable "ComSpec" with value "C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe" exists on the machine

     

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