Need Help with Creating Shortcuts for Multiple Vaults in Obsidian

[ravista]

What I’m trying to do

Hello everyone,

I have been using Obsidian for a while and have multiple vaults that I use regularly. Previously, I was able to create shortcuts on my desktop (and taskbar) for different vaults using a command like this:

C:\Users\Ravista\AppData\Local\Obsidian\Obsidian.exe “d:\Documents\Obsidian Vault”
However, after some recent updates, this method no longer works. Obsidian always opens the last opened vault instead of the specified one.

Is there a new trick or method to create different shortcuts for different vaults? Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated!

Things I have tried

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,
Ravista

[ariehen]

I’d look into using https://help.obsidian.md/Extending+Obsidian/Obsidian+URI for something like this. e.g. [annex](obsidian://open?vault=annex) will open the “annex” vault when clicked.

For a desktop shortcut on Windows, you can right click on the desktop → New → Shortcut → paste obsidian://open?vault=annex → give it a name → save → rejoice!