# Linked PDFs not opening anymore (v5.2)

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/linked-pdfs-not-opening-anymore-v5-2/2552>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 15, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/linked-pdfs-not-opening-anymore-v5-2/2552 "2021-02-15T16:46:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![fwohl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@fwohl](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/fwohl)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/linked-pdfs-not-opening-anymore-v5-2/2552/2 "2021-02-16T15:55:12Z")

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So what helped for me is activating, in my Preferences → Linked files → ‘Search and store files relative to library file location’. Now both relative and absolute file paths work again like a charm 🙂

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