I close the Obsidian Help note and open my Obsidian vault in dropbox. When I reopen Obsidian it opens the Help note again. How do I get it to stop doing this? I want Obsidian to open my main vault of notes when I start.
Did you close the Help vault fully, e.g., by clicking the “x” in the top bar?
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Yes. I close the Help Vault, open the Obsidian vault I want, and then quit. When I reopen, it is in the Help Vault.
I will edit this and add a bit. I have just upgraded to Big Sur and wondered if that might fix my problem. It doesn’t. I close the help folder by clicking on the X (between “unlink pane” and “More options.” Then if I click on the “Open Another Vault” icon that looks like a bank vault on the bottom left of the window and try to close the “Obsidian Vault” from there, it says “Can’t remove a currently open vault.” I want to open Obsidian and work on a note. I do not want to have to close a window and then work on a note.
I think I know what’s going on.
When you say that you closed the help folder, you actually only closed one of the notes. That’s what I understand from the X button you described.
What @ryanjamurphy meant with “the x in the top bar” is the main window close button: the red x circle on the top left (Mac) or the x on the top right (Windows).
Please try these steps:
- With the help vault open, go to
Open another vaultand open the vault you want Obsidian to open to. - Close the help vault by clicking the main window close button.
- Go to
Open another vaultagain (this time from your own vault) and remove the help vault from the sidebar on the left, by clicking the “x” to the right of its name. - Quit Obsidian (
Cmd+Q Mac/Alt+F4 Win) - Restart Obsidian
If this doesn’t work, let us know.
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Thanks. Really appreciate the help. Things seem to be working just fine now.
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