The system cannot find the file specified

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Hi All,

I am completely new to UiPath and I’m trying to learn automate very basic tasks as an amateur.

I had come across this issue, where my intention is to retrieve a small dataset from a website, save it in my local drive and open it. I was almost successful, but I got the following error.

I checked running the file through CMD prompt, which opened, however, didn’t open when I tried it through UiPath.

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Can somebody advise to correct this ?

Regards,
Harish S

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Hi @Harish_Sundar

Welcome to forum

Can u give more information on how u ipened the file etc via screenshots etc ?

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Before you open that file you can have one check on fileexists/PathExists, and also please make sure you have used complete path to open the file.
from CMD have you used relative path to open the file?

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Hi Nived,

Thanks for the warm welcome.

I tried opening following link through CMD prompt - “C:\Users\Harish\Downloads\TestData.xlsx”

When I use the same link in UI path, I get the aforesaid error.

Regards,
S. Harish

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Hi Divya,

Following is the path Ive used/ pasted in UIpath - “C:\Users\Harish\Downloads\TestData.xlsx”

Also, the same path is what Id used in Run command too, to check if the document opened

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if it is an excel file why you have to open it?
you can read that excel file and perform any operations needed using excel application scope and excel activities.

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Hi @Harish_Sundar
I tried to open the excel file using start process activity. It was working fine

Please check whether the filepath is correctly entered or not

Regards,
Nived N
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