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Downloaded Attachments from Email are Broken

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When following templates for automatically downloading attachments from Outlook to One Drive for Business, I seem to have trouble opening that file. Originally my issue was that the files would download as generic file types instead of PDFs which made batch printing impossible. I was able to fix that my simply adding the file type to the File Name line on the Create a File action. The files are now downloading as PDFs but they are all broken and won't open or print. (The files are originally sent in PDF format from the vendor.) 

 

The only examples I've seen so far for this particular issue have been utilizing SharePoint as well, I'm just hoping I can add a small detail or step to what I've already figured out between Outlook for Business and Office 365. 

 

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  • Ellis Karim Profile Picture
    11,681 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

    Hi @ShelbyMeeks ,

     

    Please see: How to save PDF email attachments to OneDrive for Business using Power Automate 

     

    Note also in your flow, if the email has more than one attachment, each attachment will be saved with exactly the same name (Subject) - over writing the previous file.  As a solution you could append the current date/time to the end of each filename once you have the flow working.

     

    Hope this helps.


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    Hi @ShelbyMeeks ,

     

    Maybe you could try to add a Get Attachment (V2) Action, it works on my side.

     

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    Best Regards,

    Charlie Choi

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