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Attachment saving flow doesn't work

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Hello;

I'm trying to create a flow which would save my attachments into a custom-made folder. The flow creates the folder allright, but it doesn't save the attachments and gives an error saying Root folder is not found. I am totally lost at this point, and my flow looks like this: (I only added the part that gives an error, the rest works well.) So, can someone tell me what is wrong here?
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    10,502 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    @HA-04021244-0 You might be interested in this YT Tutorial:
     
    Save Email Attachments to SharePoint with Microsoft Power Automate
    Power Automate doesn’t have a download attachment from outlook action. In this Power Automate Video tutorial, I’ll show you how to use the Get Attachment (V2) action in combination with the Create File action to get your email attachments onto SharePoint.
    The Create File action will overwrite any files that already exist with the same name. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how you can append a timestamp to the end of a file name to prevent your file from being overwritten.

    I’ll also show you how to set up your flow so that you can trigger it manually while building it so you don’t need to wait for an email to arrive. At the end of the video I’ll show you how adding trigger conditions to your flow can prevent it from triggering if certain conditions aren’t met. Although the final flow uses the When a new email arrives in a shared mailbox (V2) trigger, you can use any of the When a new email arrives triggers for your flow. Adjust this flow to suit your needs!

    IN THIS VIDEO:
    ✓ How to Automate Downloading and Uploading Email Attachments to SharePoint
    ✓ How to Use a the Get Email (V2) action
    ✓ How to Use the Get Attachment (V2) action
    ✓ How to Create Attachment Files using the Create File Action
    ✓ How to Prevent the Create File Action from Overwriting a File
    ✓ How to use Split the Filename from its Extension
    ✓ How to Append a Timestamp to a File Name
    ✓ How to use the When a New Email Arrives in a Shared Mailbox (V2) trigger
    ✓ How to use the Convert Time Zone action
    ✓ How to add Trigger Conditions to your Flow
     
    If you still run into issues while building your flow, share screenshots of your full flow and the logic behind it. 

    Upload a screenshot of your flow in edit mode. If you are using the new designer, toggle it off and click each action to expand it.
     
    Hope this helps!

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