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Files Unlink Every Time I Close Premiere
Any time I open Premiere, I get prompted to relink missing media; I locate the file, and it links it – excellent. But, when I save the project, close, and reopen it, the media is magically unlinked and I have to do it again. I haven’t moved the files.
I have a dedicated flash drive where everything is stored, so it shouldn’t be unlinking…
It’s tedious and exhausting to have to repeatedly link 80% of the files (I don’t understand why some files stay linked, and the others don’t).The program is fully updated to version 23.5.0
How do I make my files STAY linked? Like I said, I don’t relocate them, so they shouldn’t be disappearing from my project anyway. What’s the deal?
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5 Replies
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Put your clips on a regular hard drive.
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That is awfully strange and you said you have all the resources on a flash drive. But which flash drive are we talking about here? And yeah, as the previous guy said, I would have them all stored in the main drive on my computer or the backup one. That’s what I do to prevent this from happening and I do not have to move anything from there. Question is if the flash drive is integrated or if you use it externally? Hope you can figure this out soon!
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Adding to Ann and Hector’s advice,
What computer and operating system are you using?
Sometimes, depending on how your PC reboots and if you have added other external devices, it could be something as simple as a swap-around on the drive letters in the root file system.
Not sure if Mac has similar issues.If on Windows, and you haven’t already done it, I would suggest that you map your drive.
Here is advice from Microsoft on how to do it:Map a network drive to get to it from File Explorer in Windows without having to look for it or type its network address each time.
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Open File Explorer from the taskbar or the Start menu, or press the Windows logo key + E.
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Select This PC from the left pane. Then, on the Computer tab, select Map network drive.
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In the Drive list, select a drive letter. (Any available letter will do.)
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In the Folder box, type the path of the folder or computer, or select Browse to find the folder or computer. To connect every time you sign in to your PC, select Reconnect at sign-in.
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Select Finish.
Note: If you can’t connect to a network drive or folder, the computer you’re trying to connect to might be turned off, or you might not have the correct permissions. Try contacting your network administrator.
My laptop has a small main drive for the work that I do, and I often have to use external SSD drives. It is rare that I have to re-link everything, unless I have trashed the preferences or done other fun stuff in the background.
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I’ve worked projects on external drives on a Mac without issue with two exceptions: changing or modifying the project folder name or moving the project folder. Then all bets are off and I need to relink. So I don’t do that anymore.
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If Mac, I have seen this before on a system I had to use on a project (that wasn’t mine) and permissions have been the culprit. Finally just moved all media into the Project folder.
One other thing to look at “ignore ownership on this volume” on the flash drive info screen. (Select the drive Command-I)
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