Symptom
The Desktop recorder cannot identify and access the elements of an application that is only accessible through a VDI environment. This can be a Citrix, RDP or any other environment that returns an image of the desktop of the remote machine.
Verifying issue
Power Automate Desktop is installed on the local machine, but the application that I am trying to automate is located in the remote machine.
Cause
PAD can access the elements of a desktop application programmatically, through their accessibility API. However, when the application is only accessible through a VDI, then PAD can access only the image of the desktop of the remote machine and not the actual application that is stored locally.
Resolution
Build you Desktop flow manually, with surface automation instead. Common surface automation technics include Image Recognition, Mouse and Keyboard automation and OCR.
