Broken Links in Your FAQ's

The JBCL FAQ, Q10, entitled
'LOV example using a PickList and a FieldControl'
Points to an invalid page.
Please fix it.
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Hi
I have informed the webmaster/webguys for OTN, they should be
able to fix it.
thanks for finding it.
regards
jim (guest) wrote:
: The JBCL FAQ, Q10, entitled
: 'LOV example using a PickList and a FieldControl'
: Points to an invalid page.
: Please fix it.
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I want to delete all the songs with broken links at once

I lost a file with a lot of songs on it and it can't be retrieved. How can I delete all the song titles with broken links at once without having to delete 500 songs one at a time?

One way to identify the broken links in your library is to create this set of playlists:
Lost & Found playlists
Create a playlist called Found, select everything in Music and drag it into the Found playlist. Create a smart playlist called Lost matching All the rules Playlist is Music and Playlist is not Found. Your lost tracks will be in this playlist. They can be deleted with CTRL+A then SHIFT+DELETE.
Or use iTunes Folder Watch and enable its option to check for dead tracks on startup.
If you have any Apple devices that could hold the lost media see this user tip.
Finally, while I'm handing out advice, see this backup tip to avoid this problem again.
tt2

Dreamweaver 8 - Problematic Broken Link Check

On a regular basis I use Dreamweaver 8's broken link checker
to convert
relative links to absolute throughout single HTML files.
Once upon a time, I could use the results pane to quickly
replace all
of the broken links. Ever since installing Dreamweaver 8
(upgraded from
MX) I've had the following problem with the link checker:
1. It seems to find all of the broken links correctly,
however, when I
try to change them into absolute, it doesn't actually make
the changes.
2. Sometimes it even makes incorrect changes to the path of
the link,
such as changing the image link to a .html link randomly (I
have no
idea how this happens!)
3. When it asks if I'd like to replace the other references
to the same
file, and I respond yes, it does nothing.
After researching this topic somewhat, I have found temporary
solution,
but it's driving me crazy and I'm looking for a long-term
resolution
for this issue.
If I delete my WinFileCache-xxxxxx.dat file (under User >
Application
Data > Macromedia > Dreamweaver 8 > Configuration)
before opening
Dreamweaver, the problem is resolved until the end of that
specific
session. As soon as I close Dreamweaver and reopen it, the
problem
returns.
I understand that by deleting the WinFileCache file I am
basically
starting with a clean slate, which is why this method is
temporarily
effective. However, this is a daily problem for me and I'm
sick of
having to do it every single time I use the program....
SO...if any of you have any thoughts, suggestions, or similar
complaints, please share - I'm desperate to find a long-term
solution!
Thanks!

> On a regular basis I use Dreamweaver 8's broken link
checker to convert
> relative links to absolute throughout single HTML files.
Why?
> 1. It seems to find all of the broken links correctly,
however, when I
> try to change them into absolute, it doesn't actually
make the changes.
Give me an example of what it finds and what you want to
change it to,
please.
> 2. Sometimes it even makes incorrect changes to the path
of the link,
> such as changing the image link to a .html link randomly
(I have no
> idea how this happens!)
I would have to see this happen to believe it.
> SO...if any of you have any thoughts, suggestions, or
similar
> complaints, please share - I'm desperate to find a
long-term solution!
The real question is - why are you regularly getting broken
links? The only
reason I can think of is that your local site is actually on
a remote,
shared network drive, and there is intermittant connectivity
to it due to
some recurring network anomaly. Can you tell me how your site
is defined?
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"pooley2" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> On a regular basis I use Dreamweaver 8's broken link
checker to convert
> relative links to absolute throughout single HTML files.
>
> Once upon a time, I could use the results pane to
quickly replace all
> of the broken links. Ever since installing Dreamweaver 8
(upgraded from
> MX) I've had the following problem with the link
checker:
>
> 1. It seems to find all of the broken links correctly,
however, when I
> try to change them into absolute, it doesn't actually
make the changes.
>
> 2. Sometimes it even makes incorrect changes to the path
of the link,
> such as changing the image link to a .html link randomly
(I have no
> idea how this happens!)
>
> 3. When it asks if I'd like to replace the other
references to the same
> file, and I respond yes, it does nothing.
>
> After researching this topic somewhat, I have found
temporary solution,
> but it's driving me crazy and I'm looking for a
long-term resolution
> for this issue.
>
> If I delete my WinFileCache-xxxxxx.dat file (under User
> Application
> Data > Macromedia > Dreamweaver 8 >
Configuration) before opening
> Dreamweaver, the problem is resolved until the end of
that specific
> session. As soon as I close Dreamweaver and reopen it,
the problem
> returns.
>
> I understand that by deleting the WinFileCache file I am
basically
> starting with a clean slate, which is why this method is
temporarily
> effective. However, this is a daily problem for me and
I'm sick of
> having to do it every single time I use the program....
>
> SO...if any of you have any thoughts, suggestions, or
similar
> complaints, please share - I'm desperate to find a
long-term solution!
>
> Thanks!
>

Broken Link to Style Sheet in Pages

All of my pages that have a template applied to them show a
broken link to my CSS file. Both the template and the individual
pages have the syle sheet linked to them. The template file does
not show any broken links. The site is setup for document relative
links . In the individual pages the "template html" shows the CSS
link relative to the templates folder and the "page html" shows the
CSS link relative to the page. Is that a problem?
Thanks, Kevin
Dreamweaver 8.02

The Templates directory should be named with a capital "T",
and there should
be no other files in that folder than your DW templates.
Please move the CSS file to some other location in your site,
and allow DW
to adjust that link....
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> the templates and css files are in a directory
/templates/.

So many Partial Albums are broken links?

I just browsed the iTunes Store today. I found plenty of "Partial Albums" that happen to be broken links. You click on the link and the iTunes Store gives an error message: *Your request could not be completed. The item you've requested is not available.*
I'm not talking about only 2 or 3 random albums here. I'm willing to list a dozen examples here if Apple wishes me to do so, in order to track down the "broken links" so that they can fix it. This just happens to be the first time that I noticed this problem is so widespread.

The best way to report this issue is to contact the iTunes Store Customer Service department using the link at the bottom of the Purchase Issues FAQ web page and let them know which albums you've discovered to be experiencing this problem.
Regards.

[CS5.5/CS6] what causes a kImportAndPlaceCmdBoss to throw an exception with broken links?

I have a problem in both CS5.5 and CS6 on MacOS X.
During a drag operation onto an InDesign document, I import and place some images onto a page. This normally works without issue except in one case. The problem case is when I'm trying to import an image that is the same file path as a broken link on the document. This will crash InDesign everytime.
Let me provide some details.
First, I create an InDesign document, drag some images from the Finder and place them on the page and save the InDesign document to file. Now I go to the Finder and delete the images (or just move them to a different Folder). I then go back to InDesign and look at the Links panel where the red stop signs now appear near the images to show that the links are broken.
Next I go to a panel that I'm working on where I can drag an item from the panel and onto the InDesign document page. In this I have a ProcessDragDropCommand method that over rides the method in the CDragDropTargetFlavorHelper class, and during that method it copies the images that I just deleted back into their original locations on the file system.
After copying the files, the process then tries to import one of the images into a new frame using the PlaceFileInFrame method from the InDesign SDK file SDKLayoutHelper.cpp. This method creates a kImportAndPlaceCmdBoss and when executing the line:
if (CmdUtils::ProcessCommand(importAndPlaceCmd) != kSuccess) {
causes an exception that appears in the crash report as:
Exception Type: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (SIGBUS)
Exception Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILUE at 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
with a stack trace that points to the CmdUtils::ProcessCommand() line mentioned above.
I've tried relinking the images before the import and place, but that still doesn't work. If I break the process up so that in one drag event I copy the missing files back into place and relink them, then in a second drag event I then do an import and place it all works okay. It's just when I try the full task of copy images into place in the file system, relink the images on the InDesign document and then import and place an image in a new frame on the InDesign page that the exception is appearing.
Instead of the kImportAndPlaceCmdBoss I've also tried the kImportAndLoadPlaceGunCmdBoss with the same problem.
Interestingly, in the SDKLayoutHelper method PlaceFileInFrame that I'm using, there's a pragma message:
#pragma message("LINKREWORK: Temporary, fix this up later!")
// TODO: LINKREWORK fix.
From the wording I'm wondering if this is related to the problem that I'm seeing. In which case does anyone know what this fix might entail?
I've tried tried relinking using ReinitResource and UpdateLinks methods that are a part of the ILkniFacade but that doesn't seem to help stop the crash.
Oddly, I can generate a strange and maybe related error (that doesn't use my plugins and just the raw InDesign functionality) if I do something like:
In InDesign, create an InDesign document.
From the Finder, drag some images onto the InDesign document page.
In InDesign, save the document.
In the Finder, rename the folder containing the images.
In InDesign, check that the links really are broken with the red stop signs appearing.
In the Finder, rename the folder containing the images back to what it was before.
(Extra Step)
In the Finder, redrag the same images that you did before onto the InDesign page.
This will cause InDesign to throw up the following error message:
Either the file does not exist, you do not have permission, or the file may be in use by another application
Of course, if in the above you introduce an Extra Step where you just go back to InDesign and do nothing. InDesign will relink the once missing images, so that when you go back to the Finder to drag the images there's now no problem.
This is almost like InDesign needs a few IdleTasks in order to sort out its perception of the file system. If that's the case then I'm a bit stuck as I'm trying to do everything during a single drag operation and there's no chance of any IdleTasks occuring.
Any ideas?

I have checked the Tomcat log, which does not give
much information:
----- Root Cause -----
org.apache.artimus.message.exceptions.MessageDAOSysExce
tion: Error executing SQL in
ThreadHandler.createThread.
at
org.apache.artimus.message.dao.MySQLMessageDAO.createT
read(MySQLMessageDAO.java:54)
at
org.apache.artimus.message.ThreadHandler.insertThread(
hreadHandler.java:42)
at
org.apache.artimus.message.StoreMessage.execute(StoreM
ssage.java:61)
at
org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActio
Perform(RequestProcessor.java:484)Tomcat has more than one log file. The servlet's System.out messages must be going to a different file if this is all you are seeing. Either look in the other log files or change the lines
         se.printStackTrace();
         throw new MessageDAOSysException("Error executing SQL in ThreadHandler.createThread."); // line 54 where the problem occurredto simply read:
        throw se;and the actual Exception you want to investigate will go in to the file where you found the above. This will be less useful in the long run as you'll have the same problem when you want to query the SQLException further with System.out.println(se.getSQLState()); etc.
You could add a logging configuration to your servlets context in server.xml so you can define where such messages get logged.
Alternatively you could use a logging API like log4j.

Help! Just copied iTunes media to second external drive and now have broken links in the original drive??

Hi everyone
I wonder if anyone can offer me some advice to rectify the problems I'm experiencing in my itunes?
I have been saving my media to an external hard drive since rebuilding my itunes collection, while keeping the library on the hard drive of my MBP. This was working well with no problems but as my media reached 300GB on my external I thought I would copy it to another external hard drive as back up, and after that I decided to also make a copy of my library data to the same second external drive so I would have a full back up of itunes in case of failure of my main hard drive...
So after copying my media from my first external drive to the second, and then copying the library data from my MBP hard drive it seems the copy of my media and the copied library are working fine on my second external hard drive, but now when I open the first external drive where I originally was saving my media files I am suffering quite a lot of broken links???...I followed the copy process as I have done in the past although I did not tick the check box for renaming and moving my media as it was about to be copied,and I thought that was correct as I used the consolidate function to copy it..
Been trying to figure out how to rectify the problem tonight and am getting nowhere fast. Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I can sort the issue on my original external hard drive as it's the one I prefer to store my media on and it was functioning perfectly before?? from having a tidy and clearly functioning itunes I now have a mass of problems....
I hope this is clear to someone.....as I was hoping to have it fixed in readiness for a new MBP...am I missing something obvious?

OK, this should sort you out...
Move the following files and folders from /Volumes/Backup/iTunes up to /Volumes/Backup/
Album Artwork (folder)
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Library.xml
sentinel (hidden)
Launch iTunes. It should warn that the library is missing. Browse to the file /Volumes/Backup/iTunes Library.itl and open it.
Go to iTunes > Preferences > Advanced and change the media folder location to /Volumes/Backup/Music. Let iTunes consolidate files if it asks, if not use File > Library > Organize Library... Tick Consolidate files and click OK.
Close iTunes. Rename /Volumes/Backup/Music as /Volumes/Backup/iTunes Media. Start iTunes.
Go to iTunes > Preferences > Advanced, check that the media folder location now reads /Volumes/Backup/iTunes Media. If necessary, change and then close and reopen iTunes.
Go to File > Library Organize Library... and, if not greyed out, tick Rearrange files in the folder iTunes Media, then click OK.
Delete /Volumes/Backup/iTunes/iTunes Media which now contains redundant copies.
Move the following files and folders from /Volumes/Backup/ into /Volumes/Backup/iTunes
Album Artwork (folder)
iTunes Media (folder)
iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Library Extras.itdb
iTunes Library Genius.itdb
iTunes Library.xml
sentinel (hidden)
Launch iTunes. It should warn that the library is missing. Browse to the file /Volumes/Backup/iTunes/iTunes Library.itl and open it.
Go to iTunes > Preferences > Advanced, check that the media folder location now reads /Volumes/Backup/iTunes/iTunes Media. If necessary, change and then close and reopen iTunes.
Each time you change something and start iTunes just check that a track will play. If not, close iTunes and undo your last action.
That should be it. You can clone this iTunes folder to any other drive and the clone is a functioning copy of your library.
tt2

Broken link to Presenter 8 Trial download

Broken link to trial:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=presenter
How about "Request Information", maybe some one can send me a good link?
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=contact_us&sa=elearning
Another Broken Link. Hmm. This is getting complicated.
OK, diferent approach. Google "adobe presenter 8 trial". Ahh, this looks good:
https://www.adobe.com/go/trypresenter
Broken Link
Back to Google. Second link:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=153&platform=Windows
Jackpot! Finally a good link.
Download latest full install 7.0.7. Error during installation: "Error - Unable to detect Microsoft Powerpoint", which is odd, since I have PP installed.
Google errormessage, and discover 7.0.7 doesn't support 64-bit PP 2010. Sigh.
8.0.2 does, apparently, but the only file for that is an upgrade - not an installer.
Guess I should report those broken links, right? Maybe if they get those fixed, I'll be able to get the Presenter 8 install?
So, took the "Broken Link" link from error page I get when accesing first link above, and it takes me to http://www.adobe.com/aboutadobe/contact.html
No obvious place to report a broken link. Feedback? OK, I'll try that.
Report a bug? Closest thing I see:
https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform
Broken Link!
So I can't download a trial that I can install, even though I have a supported product installed, I can't report thebroken Link, and, of course, it being a weekend, I can't contact Adobe Support.
Frustrating. If this is the quality of the web site, what does that say about the quality of the products?
Anyway, I still want to try the trial, but in the meantime, I guess I'll try Authorpoint.

delete your adobe.com cookie and retry https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=presenter

Preview Pane and broken link issues in CS2 for Mac. Please help!

I posted this a few days ago - but would love to have some insight on how we can resolve this issue
When I am working on html documents, both old and new, I have lost all of the 'preview pane' buttons.
I can still see and have access to the layout and source panes, but the two preview (pdf and regular) are missing.
In the body of the editor all of the images that were there now show just a broken link image (but when you save and go to view the file in a browser all changes and updates are there. The source shows all of the right info and links
Also when you place a new image - the image icon doesn't show the image or even change to the proper size that the image is. You have to do that manually and then still only shows a broken icon in the new size.
Has anyone seen this before? Did I accidentally altered a mode in GoLive....is there a way to fix it?
Thanks!!!

When you have ADE (digital editions) open with "bookshelves" page with a "Getting Started with Adobe Digital Editions" booklet in it,
enter cmd-shift-U, or menu/Help/Authorize Computer.
That will ask for your Adobe ID and password and authorize the computer.
Once that has been done you shouldn't need to do it again.
Sometimes you do need to if things go wrong, but you certainly shouldn't have to do it at all regularly.
When that has been done, plug in the Kobo; it should show up in the left pane of ADE.
Use "menu/Help/Authorize Device" and that will authorize your Kobo with the Adobe ID from the Mac.
You can then copy books by drag-dropping onto the Kobo within ADE

Broken Links in iTunes - files have not been moved

Hi,
I'm running iTunes on my XP machine. I have about 10,000 tracks in my library. Every so often (well quite often nowadays) I get a load of tracks that have the exclamation mark next to them saying the file can't be found. I have not moved any of the tracks. When I double click ont he first offending track it asks if I want to locate it. I click OK, and it presents the folder where the file actually is (and always has been!) I then have to go through the rest of my library - each track with an exclamation mark just needs to be double clicked and it miraculously remembers where the file is!
OK, so the questions are:
1) Why is iTunes forgetting the locations of files that haven't moved? I'm guessing there might be some issue with the iTunes Music Library.xml - but I ahve no idea what.
2) Can I stop it happening? Obviously the best solution is to dump windows and buy a mac - which will be happening in a month or so...
3) If I can't stop it happening, is there a way for iTuens to just show me the broken links so that I can go through the double-clicking process easily?
4) If I delete the library and recreate, will iTuens remember things like bespoke artwork, ratings, etc?
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
X.

+"4) Absolutely not; the ITL file holds ratings, playcount, date added and other metadata that will be lost. And you can't get it back by rebuilding your library from the XML file."+
Actually, this is exactly what you can do with the XML file. Prior to iTunes 5.0, importing the XML did not capture rating, playcounts, etc. even though the data was written to the XML file. Since then, you can recreate your Library completely by importing the XML file.
A while ago I performed two tests:
a) One where I deleted the total song references from the Library, then 'imported' the XML file (from a previously saved iteration)
b) The other, I opened iTunes with no Library database to start, forcing it to act like a new install, then imported the XML file
In both cases, the XML file was completely read, including Ratings, Play Counts and Last Played attributes. All playlists (both Smart & Static) were recreated in their proper folders. It seems to have recreated the Library almost as well as the ITL file would. Looks as if iTunes v6.0.1 (and later) now reads and uses the complete XML file upon 'import'.
I say 'almost', as there were settings differences when starting from a 'virgin' iTunes. Also (and this is important), the create/load time when using the XML file was severely long. iTunes needed to read, interpret, and act on the information within the XML file and that took a long time. At that time, I had close to 12,000 song references and over two dozen playlists. Using a 'good' backup ITL file is an almost instantaneous fix.
Bottom line: Either file will work in recreating the Library. A backup ITL file, in my opinion, is still the easiest and fastest way to recreate your Library if one has a choice. In some cases, where one cannot place the music into the correct path for the ITL file to work properly, one can globally change the XML file to reflect the new path and use that for a very close approximation. I would suggest making and archiving legacy copies of both files a big part of your backup strategy (along with the music files, of course).
Hope this clears things up for you.
Best of Luck

When I open iTunes on my new computer using the .itl file, and using the same external drive holding the songs, all of the songs I added to iTunes up to a certain date have broken links, while none of the songs have broken links on the old computer.

I want to open the iTunes library on my new laptop with all the playlists and stuff I built on the old computer. I have all my music on an external drive. I have copied the .itl file from the old computer and opened it on the laptop, and it has all the playlists, but all of the songs that were added to iTunes up to a certain date have broken links. What am I doing wrong?

Moving library files around while leaving the data in the same place usually presents no problems. Moving the data around independently from the library usually breaks things. With Windows machines all you should need to do is make sure that the same drive letter is being used on the new system as with the old. If that is not possible you need to get your library into a portable layout before moving it between systems.
Typical layout of iTunes folders:
When the media folder is inside the main iTunes folder as shown above then the library is portable. Typically with a split library the iTunes Music or iTunes Media folder (everything inside the red outline) is moved to a different drive by choosing a new locaton for it and then consolidating.
To make the library portable again you need to copy the library files and album artwork folder into the parent folder of the media folder so that the nested relationship is recreated. (BTW If your media isn't already inside your designated media folder then you will also need to consolidate the files that are outside of it, before you copy the library files.) You can then use the hold-down-shift-when-starting-iTunes method to open the library file in that parent folder. Once the library has been opened, tested and closed you are most of the way there.
The iTunes window inherits its title from the folder holding the library files so, unless you created a folder called iTunes to hold the media folder, iTunes may now have an unexpected title when you run it. The parent folder can be renamed as iTunes, and the library opened again. Alternatively, if the parent folder is at the root of the drive, or has other data which you wish to leave in place, you can create a new top level folder called iTunes and move the library files, album artwork and media folders into it before opening and testing the library again.
If the library doesn't work after any step simply reverse it by undoing a move or rename or opening the previous set iTunes Library.itl file.
If all has gone well then the library is now portable. Once you've migrated the data to a new system you can copy the library files back to their usual internal location if you find that having them on the external drive affects performance...
tt2

Check broken links in Adobe Acrobat

Hey everybody,
I am searching for a Plugin for Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional, which check brocken links in a pdf-document and create a report with all brocken links. Here I mean links like www.microsoft.com. A broken link link is www.12nmu8098.com . The report must conclud the broken link and the number of broken links in the document.
Best regards
hallodu1889

Thanks for your answer. I tested this plugin but it functioned not correctly. Normaly the result of the test of www.rez2828zdhs.com must show, that it is a broken link. The report of this plugin shows that this is a correct link. Do you you know an other plugin?
Best regard
hallodu

How would you go about doing this? (some broken links)

Okaaaayy,
Let's say every link in your document has broken and you now have to go back into it and relink everything before print time tomorrow...
Sure, no problem, but why did it happen.
I know that if you rename a file or folder or move a linked image file out of it's original location, the link in Indesign gets broken, but what about surrounding/encompassing folders? Seems kinda weird.. but to provide an example I included a picture of how I have the uber-structure set up.
What I actually did was rename (I think I did.) the "UBER"-folder's name
"Prepress guide pages/ image links"
What's inside of that folder is another folder for each page in the document with another separate folder for 'linked images'.
MUSTA BEEN A BAD MOVE TO NENAME 'PREPRESS GUIDE IMAGE LINKS' BECAUSE ALL LINKS ARE BUSTED NOW.
frikkin' indesign.
Honestly, I never changed names or moved anything else, in fact..
I spent most of my time organizing what you see on the picture here..
minus the details... lol
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a349/coffeyville1975/Picture4-4.png

You changed the name of a folder containing your links. InDesign is
still looking for the old folder name and won't go any further until it
finds it.
You really have a bit to learn about proper workflow but you'll get
there. These types of mistakes are the kind that you usually only make
once and learn from.
One more piece of advice...lose the slashes in file names. They're not
cross platform and you won't always be working in a vacuum.
Bob

Broken Links in RH8 - More Clarification Please

Dear Experts,
I tried following through the other topics posted relating to this topic, however they all seemed to be different than what i am seeign within my project. I know how to correct borken links (per say) within the folders themselves, however, when in the actual folder "broken links" within the project manager, I cannot seem to delete the links that no longer are needed, or to clearly see if I still need them, its a bit overwhelming, as I moved some information within a project, and (while my application kept crashing - whole different story), each time I re-opened, it didn't seem to clear out the changes I had made through the clear caching as I have as my set up.
Within the PM, if I right click on the broken link, I do not get an option for Explore, I only have the below:
However, when I click on Restore within this dialog box, or even if I select the Show topic Link and try and restore, nothing happens. I tried to fix by going into one of the actual topics and deleting the link and then re-inserting and it and then saving the information, but it still remains. I unfortunately broke the links to actual topics that are utilized throughout the entire project, (like fundamental ones for generic searching and stuff)....so it now created havoc for me, and I just cant seem to get started with just one. I know if I can get one going, I will be able to quickly fix the others, but can't figure it out. (probably right under my nose).

This sounds like there were unsaved changes to your project when the project / PC crashed. As a result RoboHelp has got a bit lost as to what should be there. I think the answer is first of all to close your project backup and then delete your project's cpd file. If the project still displays the broken links, open the individual topic files containing links and ensure they are pointing to the right file. It may be best to reinsert the links. Save as you go and hopefully the broken links will disappear. Let us know how you get on.
The RoboColum(n)
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Colum McAndrew

Restoring Broken Links doesn't work

I have a project, unfortunately stored on a network drive,
that recently crashed. I also have a copy of the project stored on
my computer. The project on my computer has a number of topics
listed in the Broken Links folder. Either I'm not understanding the
process by which the topics are reconnected into the project, or
something is not working.
The references don't make sense, nor can I click & drag
the BL topic back into the TOC, which would seem to be what would
make sense.
Any help would be appreciated. If I could click on a BL
topic, and see it, then I could create a new topic, but that
doesn't seem to be possible. Thanks in advance.
VIc

Hi Vic.
First of all, you probably would not have hit this problem if
you had worked on your project on a local drive and backed up to
the network drive. RH uses an Access DB that is prone to problems
when run on a network drive so the advice of most RH users is never
do it.
The broken topics list just lists instances where the RH
project has lost track of where a topic is. For example a TOC page
says it is in a location but the project can't find it. This can be
caused by a number of factors (e.g. a file being moved, renamed or
deleted outside of RH).
If you have the topic linked to the broken TOC link still
visible in the project, try right clicking on TOC page and
selecting "Properties". This will show you where it is trying to
link to. You can also point it to the correct location if it is
wrong.

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