Cant Access PDF Files after restoring library that was accidentally deleted

cmagagane · 2025-04-21T19:17:27+00:00

Good day,

I had accidentally deleted my library whilst trying to sync information from one laptop to the other. However i managed to restore it but i cannot open any of the files on my library. May you kindly assist.

dstillman · 2025-04-22T04:21:46+00:00

Start here:

https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data#restoring_your_zotero_data_from_a_backup_and_overwriting_synced_changes

Once you've done that, if you were using Zotero Storage before, we can try to relink any files that you had previously uploaded.

cmagagane · 2025-05-06T20:17:23+00:00

I have now zotero data both to my web library and local library as per the above link. Can you please assist in relinking files that I had previously uploaded. regards

dstillman · 2025-05-07T07:21:03+00:00

Done, but you had only ever uploaded a handful of files. Most of your files are linked files, which we can't help with (but you should be able to relink them to your cloud storage folder by setting the Linked Attachment Base Directory properly).