# "File directory is not set or does not exist!"

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/file-directory-is-not-set-or-does-not-exist/2277>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [September 1, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/file-directory-is-not-set-or-does-not-exist/2277 "2020-09-01T11:43:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/mlep/32/387_2.png) [@mlep](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/mlep)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/file-directory-is-not-set-or-does-not-exist/2277/2 "2020-09-01T14:50:54Z")

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I do not about which file directory is the message, but a recent issue involved the file directory used for storing PDFs: [Links to PDF files non-functional after update](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/links-to-pdf-files-non-functional-after-update/2275)  
If you are fetching an entry with its PDF, that may be it.

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