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Inspiring
July 23, 2024
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InDesign Loses Its' File Path Randomly

  • July 23, 2024
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I've noticed something weird with InDesign.
Sometimes it loses the location of the previously saved document.

When this happens, the path that it chooses seems to be random.

An example would be if lets say I save a file called file001.indd in a folder called 100047.

If I go back to that folder the next day and make a revision to the file, sometimes the file save location is not pointing at the folder 100047.  It seems to pick a random location.  So if I'm not paying close attenton, I may save my file thinking its' location will be in the same folder, however it will be pointing at the random folder location. This happens when saving or exporting out to PDF.

This does not always happen, however it does happen on a regular basis.

Does anyone know the cause of this?

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Correct answer Robert at ID-Tasker
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Mac O - Sonoma 14.5

InDesign 19.5

Server is local.  I always sve the artwork to the server.

No cloud service.


By @Case0535

 

Then your server isn't "fast" enough - too big latency / "lag". 

 

InDesign is EXTREMELY sensitive about that. 

 

2 replies

Robert at ID-Tasker
Legend
July 23, 2024

What platform? What OS and InDesign versions?

 

Do you save locally - or remotely - network, VPN, external drive, synced cloud service?

 

Case0535Author
Inspiring
July 23, 2024

Mac O - Sonoma 14.5

InDesign 19.5

Server is local.  I always sve the artwork to the server.

No cloud service.

Robert at ID-Tasker
Robert at ID-TaskerCorrect answer
Legend
July 23, 2024
quote

Mac O - Sonoma 14.5

InDesign 19.5

Server is local.  I always sve the artwork to the server.

No cloud service.


By @Case0535

 

Then your server isn't "fast" enough - too big latency / "lag". 

 

InDesign is EXTREMELY sensitive about that. 

 

Community Expert
July 23, 2024

Hi @Case0535 ,

are you using several versions of InDesign on the same machine side by side?

Did you always mount all necessary volumes before you open InDesign if you open InDesign documents from a file server?

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )

Case0535Author
Inspiring
July 23, 2024

I do, but  can't say that it's always this way.  ometime the verver goes down and we have to relink to it.

Is that what is happened, the path gets lost because the remote server disconnects?

Community Expert
July 23, 2024

"… he path gets lost because the remote server disconnects?"
Hi @Case0535 ,

very likely, yes.

 

Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( Adobe Community Expert )