Linked PDF unaccessible on 2nd computer

olivergraf

I'm running zotero on two different Windows computers. I manage files as links. On both computers I have created identical file structures using a network drive (z:\zotero). I'm using ZotFile to handle subfolders (using the \%c option). Everything works fine on the 1st computer (including entries that I create on the 2nd computer).

But all the PDFs that I link to on the 1st computer are missing on the 2nd. When I try to access them I get "The attached file could not be found". When I click "Locate..." nothing happens.

Using Zutilo on the 2nd computer to display the file path of a missing file I get something like "attachments:Collection/File.pdf" (with slash instead of backslash). When I display the file path of an existing file (that I attached on the 2nd computer) I get something like "Z:\Zotero\Collection\File.pdf".

Any idea of what happened and how to resolve the issue?

Thanks

Oliver

bwiernik

It looks like you have the Base Directory feature set in the Advanced Preferences on the the second computer. Disable that and you should be fine.

olivergraf

Thank you, that's exactly what I missed! Now works like a charm...