"Replace all" with Illustrator v29.0

[say,22222]

I have 10 files with the same link in the illustrator file, the name of the link image file is “480_F_503906393_YrrW2lWOCpsBzjQRATfuNoTnhP.jpg”

Because the file name is too long and does not have a good association, I changed the file name to be easy to remember “little girl.jpg”

When renaming the file, the illustrator file reported Missing Link, I performed Replace > selected the link image named "little girl.jpg" and clicked Search for Missing Links in This Folder > clicked the Replace button.

But I had to repeat the above operation up to 10 times, while with the previous version I only needed to perform Replace all once with the new file to automatically update the files.

[sprinklr-integration-user]

Hello @SaY,_3377,

Sorry to hear about your experience. Would you mind sharing more details like the OS version and if the option for Search for Missing Links in This Folder (https://adobe.ly/4eyC1RM) was checked when relinking the file?

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Anubhav

[say,22222]

means how to swap 20 A files with B files quickly.

[Monika Gause]

Please read this:

https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/333657/suggestions/48498587

(including the comments, because they mention scripts)

[Robert23040524uzjn]

ITS IN THERE!.... Just moved!

1) Select "REPLACE" -

2) Browse to your folder and select the file you need first. Once selected, if you have the OPTIONS button selected, you can click - "Search missing links in this folder." at the bottom of that finder window you're in.

Worked perfect!

THAT'S A BINGO!

[Ton Frederiks]

That only works when you locate the original missing link.

What it does not do is replace it by a different file, which is what a lot of users want to swap quickly many images by another one.

[Robert23040524uzjn]

Interesting.... Why not rename the file to match the one needing to be replaced?

[Robert23040524uzjn]

Did Illustrator EVER do that? 

[Ton Frederiks]

Yes it is a common workflow, replacing a file by another.

[Ton Frederiks]

That is a messy workaround, you could end up with many different images with the same name on your hard disk.

[say,22222]

thanks for understanding what i mean