How to Link file from anywhere outside Obsidian Vault

[fajar]

Hi guys i’m trying to link my files that i save outside obsidian vault, like i put file on my Downloads folder. I want to link that file on my notes but when I create link like this for instance
[Resolve](file:///Users/myusername/Downloads/Resolve%20Manual.pdf)

When I click the link then this happen I already change the files permission to read&write but nothing changes

Is there something I can do about it?

[Schnarchler]

I had the same problem when the file name contains a space. Rename the document to “ResolveManual.pdf” and then it works for me…
[Resolve](C:\Users\myusername\Downloads\ResolveManual.pdf)

Since I use OneDrive anyway, I often create a shared link to my documents and then paste that link into Obsidian

[ariehen]

Their syntax looks good and the %20 will take care of the space though.

Something else is going on

Lots of examples here:

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