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Hi community,
I have a Power Automate Desktop flow that populates the File name field in the Windows “Open” dialog.
The text is built from my flow variables like this:
Until yesterday, my Populate text field in window action was working fine in Chrome.
Now, it no longer types anything into the field — but the exact same step still works in Firefox.
My setup:
Power Automate Desktop version: X.X.X.X
Chrome version: 138.0.xxxx.xx
OS: Windows 10 / 11
Target UI: Windows “Open” dialog (captured from explorer.exe, not Chrome DOM)
Steps I’ve tried:
Re-captured the UI element multiple times from the Windows dialog.
Verified the selector points to the Combo Box 'File name:' control.
Added Focus window and Wait for window steps before populating.
Tested with the same flow in Firefox → works fine.
Question:
Is this a known issue with Chrome’s “Open” dialog after recent updates?
Do we need to change the selector or use a different method?
Here’s my action sequence for reference:
Focus window “Open”
Set clipboard text = %Download_Path%\%Payer_ID%_%File_Name%_%Date_insideloop%.json
Click UI element “File name”
Populate text field in window (Combo Box ‘File name:’)
(Screenshot attached)
Thanks in advance for any guidance!
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