Photoshop will not relink files

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August 17, 2017
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Hi I am not really new to Photoshop, but am having difficulty with something just within the last week or two that I've never run into before.

Every time I open an old photoshop file it asks me to update links that have not moved. After I update these it still shows that it is unlinked in the layers panel:

I have also tried to "relink to file" and "replace contents" with the ORIGINAL FILE and this does not work. It solves it for a second and then goes back to having the red question mark.

The only thing that seems to work is linking it to a Library Graphic, but not all of these are saved in my Library.

The ONLY thing I have been doing differently lately is "placing Linked" files into my photoshop docs and creating new Libraries. (until a few weeks ago I did not utilize the library feature).

Any help would be greatly appreciated. This is really slowing me down.

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@mj

Community Expert

Can you create a new document with two layers to test if it's a document or application problem?

elizachristineAuthor

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Hi Master mo, I don't know how I'm missed this reply. I'm so sorry. It was happening with quite a few of my documents, so I think it's application. I'll update and see if that helps it. And if I find the solution I'll post it here for anyone else who might have the problem. I basically just had to keep relinking until I saved for print. It was not ideal, but ended up working out in the end.