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I have a Desktop Flow I want to share with users within my organisation. The issue is that the desktop flow uses passwords that I don't want any other user to be able to view. If I share the Desktop Flow as "Run-only" will a user be able to open the flow and see the variables? Or take a copy of the flow and get the variables from there?

I have an Azure Key Vault, that I can use a cloud flow to get the password and pass them to the Desktop Flow but now my issue is that on sharing this flow each user who wants to run it will have to set up their own connection reference, which is not possible as the users I am sharing this with will not have technical knowledge and instead just want a flow where they can click "Run" and the desktop flow will run on their laptops.

I would like to know is it possible to share a Desktop Flow where users are unable to edit or take a copy.

If not, how can I package this as a solution and share it without each user needing to set up a connection reference for the "Run a flow with power automate desktop" action.

For context, the flow will just open Chrome and complete a number of activities for a user.

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Power Automate Desktop

Hi @ryaneng ,

If you Direct Encrypted text input option in Populate text field on web page action and once you save that and close it.You can see only dots as shown in below image.Even if you Make a copy of the flow and open that flow it will look same.They can see the password as it is encypted.

When you use the Direct Encrypted text input option in the “Populate text field on webpage” action in Power Automate Desktop, the input is encrypted. This means that the actual value of the input (in this case, the password) is not stored in plain text, but rather as an encrypted value.

However, it’s important to note that if you share the flow with others and they make a copy of it, they will have access to the encrypted value1. While they won’t be able to see the actual password in plain text, they could potentially decrypt it if they have the necessary decryption key.

Therefore, while using Direct Encrypted text input can provide an additional layer of security.

So need to use Azure key Vault only for these purpose.

(Note:- if you got your solution you can mark as solution and gives kudos)

Thanks & Regards

Vishnu Reddy