You can also copy, move, rename, and delete or empty folders using the appropriate actions. In the Advanced section, you can see that the action sorts the results by creation time in ascending order and name in descending order. The following example retrieves all the subfolders of a specified special folder. This action retrieves a list of folders located within the specified folder.

To get a list of a folder's contents, use the Get subfolders in folder action. You can now use the %SpecialFolderPath% variable any time it's necessary, regardless of the user who runs the flow or the computer on which it runs.Ĭreate new folders with the Create folder action. The following example retrieves the desktop directory and stores it in a variable. The Get special folder action retrieves the paths for commonly used directories that vary among users and machines. Power Automate folder actions enable you to manipulate and organize folders. For more information about running Power Automate as an administrator, go to Run Power Automate with elevated rights. To access these resources using the folder actions, run Power Automate with administrator rights. To prevent unauthorized access, Windows require administrator rights to access protected folders.

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