Cannot locate files after moving them with Zotmoov

porcupineproblem
I just moved all my files to a google drive directory. Now when I try to access the PDFs on my desktop it tries to find the file in it's old location (not on google drive) and it says it cant find the file.

I assumed that when you move select "ZotMoov: move selected to directory" it would update the file to the new location (https://forums.zotero.org/discussion/126725/migrating-to-google-drive as said in this forum post)

What could I do to fix this?
  • tim820
    That's definitely not what usually happens. So it's not clear where things might have gone wrong.

    Are you saying you first *selected* all your "stored file" items in Zotero, and then used right-click Zotmoov: Move Selected to Directory to move those files to your "Move To" directory (Google Drive) as set in Zotmoov settings ? That is, files were only moved from *within* Zotero, not in your OS's file manager ?

    Did you have File Behaviour in Zotmoov settings set to Move (not Copy) ?

    Was PDF in Zotmoov's Allowed File Extensions (or that box was blank).

    When you look in Google Drive in your OS's file manager, are any of those moved PDFs in your "Move To" folder there ?

    Do you have a Linked Attachment Base Directory set in Zotero settings ? (not always necessary, but it can affect how linked files work). If so, what is it set to ?

    Can you give an example of the exact Zotero error message when you try to open a file and Zotero says it can't find that file ?

    What is your OS ?
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