Photoshop will not relink files

[elizachristine]

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.

[@mj]

That's strange. This should only happen if Ps is unable to find the linked file.

Try embedding the file after linking to see if Ps behaves any better.

HTH

[elizachristine]

Thanks for your reply....this is what i get when i try to embed:

[@mj]

OK, did you relink before you tried this?

Are you able to rasterize the layer?

Both options can be accessed from the layers panel menu

[elizachristine]

I did relink before doing it.

I can rasterize it. But I'd rather not.

[@mj]

Oh I agree on the Rasterization. It was a troubleshooting step.

Can you open the linked smart object if you double click the icon on the layer thumbnail?

[elizachristine]

No I can't open by clicking the icon.  It keeps asking me to relink it.  And yes, davescm I can open it directly from the folder.

Strange right?! I update photoshop and still having the issue.

[davescm]

Hi

Can you open the file you are trying to link to?

Dave

[@mj]

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

[elizachristine]

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.