External Link to File Browser Not Working

[jmadero]

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What I’m trying to do

Trying to make external link to file browser (specific folder)

Things I have tried

I’m confident this is a me problem. Here’s my current syntax:

[Obsidian Help](<C:\Users\user\OneDrive\ - Some Odd Folder\Documents\My Cases\All Cases\CMS 123456 (Smith & Jones)>)

I thought that the <> were exit characters for the spaces and other things going on (parenthesis within the path) but file browser isn’t opening at all. Nothing happens when I click the link.

[ariehen]

I put your link in a code block, it was being rendered by the forum and invisible. Hope you don’t mind.

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Have a look at this topic:

Linking to external files & folders

Linking to external files is mentioned in the drag and drop help documentation Hold Ctrl on Windows/Linux or Option on macOS to create file:/// absolute links to those files instead of importing a copy. but there aren’t any examples of the options available. I’ll write up a request to add some examples to the official help documentation, but for the time being, here’s a list I’ve collected. Windows UPDATE: from Obsidian v1.5.11 on, use forward slashes in paths UPDATE2: Not sure when it ha…

You are going to need a file:/// in the link. e.g. [link](file:///C:%5CUsers%5...

I recommend doing a Ctrl and drag/drop of the folder into a note. The link when expanded won’t look pretty, but you can be fairly confident it will work.

EDIT: <> for spaces in the path are still working fine; wasn’t sure if they were as I hadn’t manually typed anything out in a while. e.g.

[testfolder](<file:///C:/Users/ARIEHEN/test/test test/test test test>)

[jmadero]

Thanks for the assistance. The <> wasn’t working right unfortunately but the ctrl drag folder worked like a charm. Appreciate the help.