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April 2, 2024
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Fixing InDesign modified links error

  • April 2, 2024
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I have a project in InDesign, and it's been sitting unchanged for some time. The most recent changes I've done were in March, and that was temporary (I changed up some things for the purposes of exporting), meaning I didn't save them. The project has multiple links, and those links (files) have remained unchanged since January. However, now when I try to open up my project(s), it tells me that the links have been modified and it's asking me to update them.

 

The first result on Google when searching for the solution of this problem is: 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/indesign-links-show-as-modified-when-not-modified/td-p/9930000

 

In there, the solution refers to updating to an older version of Universal Type Client. However, considering that I am using InDesign 2023 (v. 18.1), I am unsure whether that's a relevant solution. What I did instead is updated to the latest version of Universal Type Client (I just downloaded it and proceeded with the installation; I didn't uninstall anything prior). However, the issue hasn't been fixed. I restarted my computer both before installing the latest UTC and after, but it did not resolve the issue.

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Robert at ID-Tasker
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April 3, 2024

@cirjakvoja 

 

Maybe it's related to the recent time change?

 

Known Participant
April 3, 2024

Hmm... any clue as to how that would cause such an issue? The date and time of the image files hasn't changed since January. 

Robert at ID-Tasker
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April 3, 2024
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Hmm... any clue as to how that would cause such an issue? The date and time of the image files hasn't changed since January. 


By @cirjakvoja

 

I remember having this problem very long time ago.

 

I'll just speculate - you don't have set in the system "correct" time zone / auto switch between summer and winter time - so system is not reporting correctly date&time of the files but InDesign is expecting them to be "updated".

 

Rishabh_Tiwari
Community Manager
Community Manager
April 3, 2024

Hi,

 

Sorry to hear about the trouble. Please share a few more details like:

-The version of InDesign & OS.

-Is the file saved locally or on any network or shared drive?
-Are the linked files saved locally or on any network or shared drive?

-Was there any change in the location of the linked file?

Thanks

Rishabh

Known Participant
April 3, 2024

-InDesign 2023 v.18.1 / Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2 (build 19045.4170)

-the file is saved locally on my PC's HDD, while the images are on an external SD card (it's plugged in when I'm opening the projects)

-As far as I am aware, the files on the SD card have not been moved or renamed