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Once you install Power Automate for desktop, you see the Power Automate plug-in in the list where you can turn it on. - -## Excel actions - -You can create a new Excel file and write data to it from Windows Copilot. Here's an example prompt you can try once you enable the plug-in: - -**Write to an Excel file the names and heights of the five highest mountains in the world in both meters and feet** - -If you allow it, Windows Copilot can also access content from PDF files and websites that you open in Microsoft Edge. You can use this feature with the Excel action in the plug-in. For example, you can ask Windows Copilot to move data from a PDF file to Excel. - -## Email actions - -The email action allows you to ask Windows Copilot to compose a new email in your default email client. Here’s a sample prompt you can try: - -**Write an email to express gratitude to a colleague for their help to get the presentation ready** - -## PDF actions - -The plug-in lets you use PDF actions to merge and split PDFs directly in Windows Copilot. Here are two sample prompts: - -- **I need to split a PDF by the first page. Can you help?** -- **Assist me in combining two PDF documents** - -Power Automate displays a file picker dialog when you use the merge PDF action. You can use the Ctrl key to choose multiple PDF files that you want to combine into one. - -## File management - -You can use the Power Automate plug-in to request to rename and move files directly from Windows Copilot. Here are two examples you can try: - -- **Add the word -final to the end of all PDF files in a folder** -- **Move all Word documents to a different folder** - -Power Automate shows you a folder selection dialog when you use these actions. This dialog allows you to verify the location where the operation should happen. - -## Control and privacy - -The automation actions operate on your Windows machine locally. Power Automate doesn't receive user data. - -### Disable the Power Automate plug-in for Windows Copilot with Registry Editor - -If you want to disable the Power Automate plug-in for Windows Copilot from running on a machine, use the Registry Editor. Proceed to the Registry Editor path **Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Power Automate Desktop**. At this location, create a new DWORD value named **DisableWindowsCopilotFlowRuns** and set its value to **1**. - -To learn more about how Copilot in Windows uses your data to assist you, go to [Copilot in Windows: Your data and privacy](https://support.microsoft.com/windows/copilot-in-windows-your-data-and-privacy-3e265e82-fc76-4d0a-afc0-4a0de528b73a). - -## Send us your input - -If you want to share your thoughts on the plug-in, contact us at [powerautomate-ai@microsoft.com](mailto:powerautomate-ai@microsoft.com). - - - - \ No newline at end of file