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How to bypass "There is already data in worksheet, do you want to replace it?" while copy and paste from excel

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Posted on by KrispyKremeSuga

I have a simple flow that copies and pastes from one excel sheet to another. The problem is, the flow is stuck when the message window shows up: "There is already data in worksheet, do you want to replace it?".

I tried selecting a cell I want to paste to and sending keys: [Control+V], wait 1 sec, [Enter]. It works most of the time, but occasionally it doesn't work, just skipping the pasting part.

Any advice? If there's an if condition where I try to paste first and check if the "replace" window shows up, or anything to avoid being stuck at the window, it'd be the best. But I really don't want to go through the whole UI things.

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KrispyKremeSuga 16 on at

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Welp, This is awkward.. I figured it out. There are two ways to go abt it.

Option A. Disable overwriting warning.
(https://www.excelhowto.com/macros/how-to-disable-theres-already-data-here-do-you-want-to-replace-it-warning/)

Go to File > Options > Advanced > Editing options > Enable fill handle and cell drag-and-drop
Un-check "Alert before overwriting cells"
Option B. If, for whatever reason, you don't want to disable the warning message, if the range of the selected cells is exactly the same as the range of the pasting cells, excel lets you paste without warning sign. SO,

1. Get first free row (saved at variable x)
2. x = x - 1
3. get first free col (saved at var y)
4. y= y-1
5. select cells using x and y
6. paste to active range.

I personally recommend option A.
RS14 2 on at

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This is awkward! Windows 11 I have unticked the box, but the popup still appears.