Steps to reproduce Write a link to a external file with a Chinese name in the note. [Name](file:///C:/Users/bqw/Desktop/名字.xlsx) Click the link in preview mode Expected result The file will be opened with default application. Actual result Nothing happens. Environment Operating system: Windo…

Here is the same problem [image] Links to a file with a Cyrillic name do not work Bug graveyard I think the links only work if they have ascii chars in them.

Not sure if we can do something about it, but we will look into it at some point.

This makes Obsidian largely useless to me :frowning:

I am not sure if this a limitation of electron or if there is something that we can do about it. We’ll look into it.

Ready to help with testing different alternatives, if necessary. At the same time, links to pdf work perfectly. If I have a яя.pdf document, then when using links like ![[яя.pdf]] is not a problem

@Vadych we use a completely different mechanism for internal links.

For me implementing this proposal would solve the problem [image] Add files of any type to the Database Feature archive This would be a great opportunity if I could save any type of file to the database folder, Such as xls with data. And you could use the syntax in the not…

[png](file:///F:/%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87.png) %E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87 = “中文” [image]

External-links with non-ASCII names do not work (Chinese, Cyrillic, etc)

Bug graveyard

Vadych June 17, 2020, 9:45am 8

For me implementing this proposal would solve the problem