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"Get file content using path" fails for Word PPT Excel but not PDF or Image

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Hello - I have a MS Group/Shared Form sending form attachments to my SharePoint site. Then a flow using "Get file content using path" to grab the attachments and email them. It works fine when retrieving files that are PDF and Image but not Word PPT or Excel. It returns an error of "File not found". Would it be something with the Parse JSON code?
 
{
  "type""array",
  "items": {
    "type""object",
    "properties": {
      "name": {
        "type""string"
      },
      "link": {
        "type""string"
      },
      "id": {
        "type""string"
      },
      "type": {},
      "size": {
        "type""integer"
      },
      "referenceId": {
        "type""string"
      },
      "driveId": {
        "type""string"
      },
      "status": {
        "type""integer"
      },
      "uploadSessionUrl": {}
    },
    "required": [
      "name",
      "link",
      "id",
      "type",
      "size",
      "referenceId",
      "driveId",
      "status",
      "uploadSessionUrl"
    ]
  }
}
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    Use Get file content instead of Get file content using path
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    cwesthaven Profile Picture
    17 on at
    When I changed the File Path to this format, it worked. A blog post I followed was using the Link from the JSON code, which was creating the error. I found the answer on this post: https://community.powerplatform.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=f3c632b7-132c-45ca-bbbf-56ae2c341b9f
     

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