How to automate windows services that don't end with a .exe extension?

[youssef169886]

Hello all,
I wanted to ask about how I can automate stuff like windows run and diskmgmt.msc in UiPath. As using the activity use application/browser doesn’t work. I want to automate a process where a drive letter “W” is automatically assigned to any external storage that is plugged into the PC

[Anil_G (Anil Gorthi)]

@youssef169886

you can use invoke powershell and use powershell scripting for doing those tasks

try to work on powershell and invoke usign UiPath

cheers

[ABHIMANYU_THITE1 (ABHIMANYU THITE)]

@youssef169886

diskmgmt.msc

Hi @youssef169886

Sample2.xaml (11.3 KB)

[youssef169886]

@ABHIMANYU_THITE1
Hello!
Thanks for your help.
I got that part already done what I am asking is how to automate clicks inside dsikmgmt.msc. I can’t use the click activity because it needs an application. and the use application activity doesn’t work on it. Is there a workaround available?

[ABHIMANYU_THITE1 (ABHIMANYU THITE)]

@youssef169886 - try running UiPath with elevated privileges.

[postwick (Paul Ostwick)]

The actual application is mmc.exe and the “apps” like Disk Management are snap-ins to that app.

So in Use Application/Browser the Application path will be: C:\Windows\System32\mmc.exe

What you need to do is use Start Process to start the Disk Management console, then use Use Application/Browser to attach to it: