Relink Window

For more information, see the following topics:

Opening the Relink Window

Selecting Areas to Search

Single and Multi-File Relinking

Relinking Individual Missing Files

Relinking Multiple Missing Files

Force Relinking Files

Committing Links

Relinking and Aliases in Catalogs

The Relink window provides tools for all relinking tasks.

Menu and Toolbar

Includes the Relink menu, View Presets, and relinking buttons. Status is displayed at the far right.

Areas to Search

Selects volumes on which to search for missing items.

Files to Relink

Lists missing files.

Candidates

Lists files that match the “relinking criteria” for a particular missing file. The Link icon next to the candidate can be toggled on or off to link (or unlink) the proposed candidate to the selected missing file.

The Relink window controls each phase of the relinking process.

The following topics explain how to:

Open the Relink window (Opening the Relink Window).

Select volumes and folders to search and not search (Selecting Areas to Search).

Search, compare, and link individual files to one or more candidates (Relinking Individual Missing Files).

Quickly match and link missing files in batches, with the ability to adjust the criteria by which files are matched (Relinking Multiple Missing Files).

Toggle links on or off for any candidate (Force Relinking Files).

Compare and review links before committing (Committing Links).