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Anonymous

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Indesign Paths how to change?

Forum|Forum|6 years ago
June 26, 2019
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Hello,

we did change the Fileserver.

I want to change all Paths in all Files to the new location.

when i Change the Paths in a File its damaged with errorcode 5

There are few times of this sort of paths in one file.

file://ipdadress/path/%96%20logo.pdf

why the file is damaged when i change the path.

how can i chane all pahts in all files correct with new ip and share.

what is the right way to migrate indesign paths from fileserver to fileserver...

thx

labrazio

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Anonymous

am i the only one who copied indesign files from 1 share to another share?

Peter Villevoye

Community Expert

You're talking about paths to placed files ?

Maybe there's a more simple solution.

When those paths are not valid anymore, you can select one or all missing files in the Links panel and chose the second command in the side menu (my screenshot is in Dutch but you'll probably find it). This will give you the option to point to the new folder, for all similar paths. Even choosing and redirecting just one file, will probably prompt you to check for any other files as well.

Of course this only works for one folder at at time, so if you haven't collected all files (e.a. by using Package) into one folder before the links were broken, you need to do this for each folder, or prepare this action by manually moving all images into one folder.

Hope this helps !

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Anonymous

hi, thx for your input,

but this works only for 1 indesign file.

yes, it changes the path in the indesign file i work. but i have a lot of file where i want to change the path too...

i dont want to open every file to set the new path...

thx

Steve Werner

Community Expert

In English, there are at least two meanings of "path". One is used in the PostScript language and in illustration programs. The other is a shorter form of "file path," the location of a file. It seems by context you're referring to the latter.

I think you're trying to do some kind of file operation, but that cannot be done in the InDesign interface. You've posted this in an inappropriate location.

Are you trying to do something with an InDesign Server? In that case, post in this location:

InDesign Server Developers

Or are you using scripting to make changes in file locations? In that case post in this forum:

InDesign Scripting

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Anonymous

hello,

i open the file with notepad.

then i change manually the file path.

thats it.

The File Location changed.

Steve Werner

Community Expert

I think you're more likely to need some kind of script to change more than one path at a time. Ask in the Scripting forum:

InDesign Scripting

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