Hello, I’m having an issue with starting one specific application. It is internally used program, that changes it’s path every time it’s updated (stored in new folder after new version released). So I’m trying to get the path from a shortcut on desktop, but am struggling with this. Maybe someone is…

Hi, If I understand this correctly, you will always have the shortcut with correct path on the desktop, right? If so and you need to open the app, then I think you could do this the UI way. Just use the Classic click activity on the desktop shortcut. It is not the most graceful way, but it should …

How to get path for dynamic shortcut?

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Gokul001 (Gokul Balaji) August 16, 2022, 6:24am 2

Hi @GOFERIS_Edgaras

Welcome to UiPath community

You can try with Start process activity

Could you share us some screenshot how it will changes the folder if any update?

Regards
Gokul

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