How to Open an Application in Power Automate Desktop

This tutorial shows how to opens an Application in Microsoft Power Automate Desktop. Furthermore, you learn how to type into an application, how to click buttons, and how to close it again.

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0:00 Intro
Automating applications or the UI (User Interface) of Windows is one of the things you do the most as a Power Automate Desktop Developer.

0:27 Open Application
Use the Run application action with the application path. For example, today, we open the Notepad app, but it's the same procedure with all applications we automate.

2:08 Type into an Application
The populate text field in window action in Power Automate Desktop lets you specify what you want to type into an application.

3:26 Send a click to an Application
Create a UI element and use the Click UI element in window to click any button in an Application with Power Automate Desktop.

5:43 Close Application

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[andersjensenorg]

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[moebelschmiede]

Thank you so much- you explain it very good! Step by step 👍🏼

[ALVINMAN]

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[suraj_singh]

Appreciated your content 👍 Sir make a video on Datetime conversion as like uipath in Power Automate desktop

[priancamisra]

I am going to try this and let you know 👍

[InspiringthePlanet]

Amazing video thanks so much. I am trying to open PowerBI desktop using PAD but can’t do it. Is there any other way of doing it?

[JackCastro]

Well done. Very helpful. Any way to insert a variable? Our workstations use VMs to login user. Thank you!

[MrMatt]

Hello, thanks for your video.🙂

Making my first steps in the power automate field.
I only get an error message that it failed to write in textbox, but if i use the notepad++ version it works.
Do you perhaps have any ideas why this happens with the simple notepad version?

Thanks in advance

[eleftheriakoniari]

Hello! Thank you for the videos! I am new in PAD. I open an excel file with sap analysis for excel with run application (If I open it with the Launch Excel Analysis tab disappears) but I want to run a macro that I have to refresh the analysis reports and save it. How will I write these 2 steps?

[adrienlaveau]

Hello. Thanks for the clear video. Is there a way to do that on office 365 Power Automate? To run a simple *.exe? I feel there are safety issue and this is why I do not find the equivalent action there.

[MikeReynoldsGrey]

Great video.
I've searched high and low for how to use power automate desktop to run/launch a browser app but I must be using all the wrong search words. Browsers let a user save a page as an App which can then be launched from a shortcut icon into its own window without all the browser tools and tabs. I have several i would like to launch with Power Automate Desktop

[photelegy]

❓ Is there a way to start a short Flow when I press (shutdown)?
Like:
- Turn OFF Bluetooth before shutting down.
- Mute audio before shutting down.

[ปัญญาแซ่ซุน]

Hello, From this power automate playlist, I cant find how to copy data from excel file then paste to other app. Can you help me how to write this action in power automate? For copy action I use "Copy cells from Excel worksheet" then I have no idea how to direct write in other app.

[NicoletteKasza]

I still can't click. Not sure why but mine looks set up the same as yours