Unable to create new folders and notes

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Hi,

Since the last update, I have had issues creating new folders and
notes, I get the following error message:

  Error Enoent: No such file or director
  D:\Documents\Obsiden\LYT6\....

For some reason it is not recoganizing
the director and folders it is located it even though I can open the valult and have access to the files.

Your assistance is welcomed

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If you search the forum, you’ll see “Enoent” shows up a bunch. Search results for 'Enoent' - Obsidian Forum

A lot of cases boil down to permission issues: Obsidian can’t read/write to that location for whatever reason. It could be a third-party sync issue, it could be Obsidian doesn’t have full access to your D: drive folder, it could be…

I’d have a search through the posts and see if anything similar to your situation jumps out.

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HI @ariehen thank’s for replying.

I have followed your suggestion and I am not seeing any particular solutions. I am not technical and I don’t know how to get Obsidian to link to the folder.

I have tried to update a note and I started to get EBADF errors too. Nothing on my end has changed so I don’t know why I have started to get these errors.

Any other suggestions?

Oh, I am running on windows o/s

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These kind of things are difficult to troubleshoot as it’s something specific about your setup/system.

After looking at a few of the forum posts, this is what I would do for the time being:

  1. Make a copy/backup of your vault using Windows File Explorer.
  2. Use Windows File Explorer to create an ObsidianVaults folder (can be any name you want) in C:/Users/YOU/
  3. Within Obsidian, open the vault switcher, and move your vault (three vertical dots to the right of the problematic vault) → Move vault… into this ObsidianVaults folder.
  4. The path will now look like C:/Users/YOU/ObsidianVaults/VAULTNAME/

I’d try using Obsidian with your vault in this location for a while to see if anything changes. :crossed_fingers:t4:

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Followed your advice, but had to move the vaults through windows not obsidian, Obisen gave another error that wouldn’t let move them

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Got it.

You’ll now need to point Obsidian at the new location(s) using Open folder as vault if you haven’t yet.

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