Click Activity Not Opening File Menu in Notepad – How to Save File?

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Course: UI Automation with Studio
Module: Build Your First UI Automation Project

I’m working on the exercise where we build a process to:

  1. Open Notepad
  2. Type some text
  3. Save the file as “My First UI Automation Project.txt”
  4. Close Notepad

I’m using the Modern Design Experience with the Web/App recorder. The challenge I’m facing is:

  • When I use the Click activity on the File menu, the activity is captured, but the dropdown menu (with “Save” or “Save As”) does not appear.
  • Because of this, I can’t proceed to capture the “Save” or “Save As” option.

:backhand_index_pointing_right: What is the recommended way to handle this step so that the File menu reliably opens and I can save the document?

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@Daniel_Oisebe,

You can use Keyboard Shortcuts activity to send Ctrl+S. This will give you the desired action.

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Hi @Daniel_Oisebe

try to use two click activities: first on File, then add a short delay, and click Save As.
Or use send hotkey with Alt+F, then A.

Happy Automation

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Hi @Daniel_Ois,
Welcome back to the forum.

I observed that the file options in Notepad are being closed after selecting UiPath Studio Activities. To address this issue, you can record the Ui Steps in your process by utilizing the Web or App recorder tool.
I believe that this recorder tool will help you in developing your automation.

Happy automation! :slightly_smiling_face:

Please mark this as a solution if it resolves your queries.

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Thank you for the suggestion! The second option using Send Hotkey (Alt+F, then A) works perfectly. Hopefully, this can be updated in the resource for others who might face the same issue.

Happy Automation :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks, happy to help.

If your issue resolved pls Mark as a solution and close the topic.

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