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Unfortunately, Power Automate cannot ‘see’ this app and has an error : “Can’t access UI elements. The application you are trying to capture UI elements from is currently running with elevated rights while Power Automate isn’t. Please run Power Automate for desktop as an administrator and try again.”
I’m 100% sure that Power Automate is running as admin, because I opened the program by right-clicking on it and selecting ‘Run as administrator’. The app in question is Sage 50 US accounting software, but I get the same error with other apps too.
It might be because the app is running as the Administrator user, while PAD is running as your own user. See this old Reddit thread about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/MicrosoftFlow/comments/x4nywf/power_automate_cant_access_ui_elements/
Also see here for reference on how to make sure PAD is running with admin rights: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/desktop-flows/how-to/run-power-automate-elevated-rights
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Hi,
Try using recorder present under tools to capture uielement. Some time it helps to get selectors. then modify selector if needed.
Please mark this as solution if it helps you solve issue. Happy to help you more.
Thanks for the replies. I will look into those suggestions.
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