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Power Automate Desktop is forgetting scripts

After posting this problem MONTHS AGO, Power Automate Desktop (PAD) is still forgetting my scripts! I create a script, spend hours editing and testing, then PAD simply forgets it. IT IS GONE! It must be an implementation error on the server side that stores and retrieves the script. Fortunately, I learned long ago, to save a backup of the script to re-install the script. But I don't want to install script each time I want use it.

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Hi @JeffreyDSmith 

 

Could you give more information on the script and what you mean by forgetting by scripts here ?

 

Kindly let me know 

 

Agnius
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I have personally never had a case where PAD would "forget" anything. Are you sure you save your flows properly and also close the designer after saving? I've had cases in the past, where if the machine restarts or is turned off while the designer is open, changes may be lost even if I had clicked on save previously.

Also, as @Nived_Nambiar mentioned, can you provide more context? What scripts do you mean? Can you share some screenshots of your flow?

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I am sure that I am saving the script and properly closing the designer. This worked fine for a while, but after building a library of several dozen scripts, I noticed that sometimes I was getting "Cannot find workflow" errors when running. I had selected the script from the dropdown list, and later it was "forgotten".

 

Some scripts are remembered, but a few are forgotten or erased or never saved on the server; I don't know why they are gone. When I create and edit a script, then save it, I can see it on the current local list of scripts. PAD can't see it (sometimes) when I use RUN FLOW. It is gone.

 

Sometimes, I have been able to fix the problem by creating two new scripts, with one calling the other. Then copy & paste from my backup and rename the scripts. This doesn't work all the time, but it's the only approach that has worked at all.

I assume by "Scripts" you actually mean flows here, right? So, you're saying that the flow itself is gone when you try to run it from another flow? And then they can no longer be found in your list of flows in the console either? Or is it that they're unavailable via the Run flow action, but still visible in the console?

 

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The scripts or flows disappear, not all of them, but any disappearance is unacceptable. Newly created scripts appear in the list, but sometimes may not be seen by the run flow directive. The script is not seen, i.e., forgotten. When I cannot see the script in the "run flow" drop down list, then I know that script is lost, even when I see it in the main list. It will not be there when the next time I start the PAD application. This defective software has lost dozens of my scripts.

I have never seen this happen to any of my flows or any of the flows of my clients. I suggest you raise a support ticket with the MS support team to investigate what might be causing this.

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Here is a 4-minute video showing the defect. I put it on a play list so that I could add more videos.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGPc2KjY3Yn64l36Tt3wl6aMAfBGbPKrb

 

Agnius
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You do realize that there is a scroll bar available in the Run desktop flow action, right?

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There are too many flows to display in a single view, but you can scroll down to find your flows.

Also, you can use the search field to search for your flow by its name.

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The flow names are sorted. "Fubar" is not present. This happens regardless of flow size (complexity). I shut down and restarted PAD, which shows PAD forgetting the "Fubar" and "Snafu". They don't appear after restarting PAD; they are gone.

I cannot reproduce it. I can only guess that it is either a bug or you may have exceeded the limit of flows that you can have (which I cannot find anywhere, to be honest). I suggest you contact MS support regarding this.

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Thanks for your efforts. Problem submitted.

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