I followed the instructions here to install the Zotfile plugin and point to my Dropbox Dissertation Readings directory, since this seemed like the safest way to not corrupt any files or my Zotero data

I can't see zotfile under either extensions or plugins so I guess not on (this) main pc, though I did manage to add it to my laptop earlier. The same nameless pdf issue was arising on he laptop before

you can type about:addons in the address bar in Firefox and hit return. That will show you all installed add-ons. If you do have ZotFile installed there, disable it (don't uninstall), restart Firefox,

I tried to install zotfile but can't see any evidence that its there so not sure?

Before we get going, though, using the code in the Zotero-to-Referey github page is probably not easy. Even if I use it daily, it is a hack that I've only tested in Linux; it also requires a working i

Is it possible to force Zotfile to extract only new annotations, or some kind of "incremental annotation extraction"? The case I have in mind is reading a long pdf in several sittings/sessions (possib

The Attach Stored Copy option stops using ZotFile to save files. It will only rename them and I think you can disable that, too, if you want to.

Yes Adam. I figure that solution too. The problem though is that I would be still saving the linked file twice, once for Zotero and once for Zotfile. I would like to completely stop Zotfile from sa

ZotFile Preferences --> General Tab, under Location of Files you currently have your Dropbox folder selected as Custom Location. Either check "Attach Stored File" to store the file in Zotero (like Zot

Thank you Adam. I clarify now, hopefully. I use Firefox in Windows. As I download an article to Zotero then if the file is linked then Zotfile automatically puts the article in my dropbox. I would

sorry, that's not quite clear as a question. What do you mean by "automatic sync" here? What specifically do you not want to happen? (ZotFile doesn't do any syncing in the technical sense of the term)

seem to find the correct box to check off in Zotfile Preferences. Thanks.

I'm running a windows 8.1 machine with Zotero standalone, Word (Office365 Pro Plus) and ff 42. Extension-wise I am running extensions to chrome and firefox, along with connectors to Word and LibreOffi

zotfile does exactly this for your in Zotero:

and the custom storage location specified in Zotfile. I'm using the subfolder option and organizing by collections (defined by %c). The problem was that I had been using "\%c", and apparently this

existing PDF, with a link freshly generated with zotfile).

I realized this issue only exists for PDFs that were renamed/moved by Zotfile. Those that were manually linked within Zotero will open just fine. It might be related to the issue discussed in the po

At some point the right-click menu command "show file" stopped working for me (but only for linked PDFs; it works for those stored in the local Zotero database). There are no error messages; all the

zotfile rocks - exactly the thing - trying to pull out the pdfs for 'mucking about with' (e.g. import to Atlas.TI) but this will actually send them up to my tablet without me even bothering to select

the the source folder under Zotero-Actions-Zotfile Preferences. You might have to use a custom folder." is appears (folder is exists, it's in my home folder and i have a full access rights on this fo