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Posted on by awashington

Hi! Super new to Power Automate, and I'm having some trouble.

I have PDF files that are exported from a software that produces a standard name based on the data from the software, OrdeType LastnameFirstname OrderLocation. I need each of the files to be renamed using a specific string of text OrderNumber in the PDF. I'm having an issue getting it to actually rename the file. It's pulling all the correct info to the assigned variables, it just won't perform the action. It tells me that there's an illegal character in the path, but I can't figure out what it's referring to. The files are stored locally on a Desktop subfolder, not in OneDrive or SharePoint.

Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.SDK.ActionException: Can't rename file ---> System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.File.Actions.RenameFilesAction.Execute(ActionContext context)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.File.Actions.RenameFilesAction.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Robin.Engine.Execution.ActionRunner.Run(IActionStatement statement, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments)

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wskinnermctc 6,519 Moderator on at

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You probably need to check for special characters that are considered Reserved or Invalid and lots of times it will end up being a backslash \ from a path name. It could also be the colon : or a leading space getting pulled into the name.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/restrictions-and-limitations-in-onedrive-and-sharepoint-64883a5d-228e-48f5-b3d2-eb39e07630fa#invalidcharacters

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awashington 13 on at

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How do I fix that? I tried to see if using CurrentItem.Name would fix that issue, but now it just tells me "File to rename not found".
Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.SDK.ActionException: File to rename not found ---> System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.PowerAutomateDesktop_10.0.5656.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe\Name.pdf'.
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.File.InternalMove(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean checkHost)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.File.Actions.RenameFilesAction.Execute(ActionContext context)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.File.Actions.RenameFilesAction.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Robin.Engine.Execution.ActionRunner.Run(IActionStatement statement, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments)

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awashington 13 on at

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Figured it out!

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PedroNL 30 on at

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I am having the same issue...

My CurrentItem.Name = 1099NEC (100).pdf

The new Name "TextReplaced" = FileLLC

See the attached screen shot.

Here are my error details:

Correlation Id: c66de207-190f-497f-97be-b99b0b15b599
Illegal characters in path.: Microsoft.PowerPlatform.PowerAutomate.Desktop.Actions.SDK.ActionException: Can't rename file ---> System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
at System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.File.Actions.RenameFilesAction.Execute(ActionContext context)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Modules.File.Actions.RenameFilesAction.Execute(ActionContext context)
at Microsoft.Flow.RPA.Desktop.Robin.Engine.Execution.ActionRunner.Run(IActionStatement statement, Dictionary`2 inputArguments, Dictionary`2 outputArguments)

This is for a local PDF what do you say that I do to fix this?

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