Error Report ID: 967951713

margaretha · January 6, 2015

when adding links to items zotero crashes (tried two or three different ones, all with the same result..

dstillman · January 6, 2015

[JavaScript Error: "NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST: Component returned failure code: 0x80520006 (NS_ERROR_FILE_TARGET_DOES_NOT_EXIST) [nsILocalFile.isDirectory]" {file: "chrome://zotero/content/xpcom/file.js" line: 461}]

I think this happens when the attachment base directory you set in the Advanced → Files and Folders pane of the Zotero preferences doesn't exist anymore.

margaretha · January 6, 2015

Oh, yes, indeed; I forgot to change name of the external drive on my secondary computer, as I had hardware recently. Great, thank you, this sounds straightforward and logical...

dstillman · January 6, 2015

(It still shouldn't cause an error, though, and we've fixed that in the latest version, which isn't yet available in Standalone form.)

margaretha · January 6, 2015

But your diagnosis was correct, once I changed the settings for the folder, everything worked smoothly. thank you once more!