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kagen.yu
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Is it possible to use a symbolic link to reference a shared stamp folder

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I made a set of stamps and stored in a shared folder. I wonder if I can use a symbolic link to reference stamp folder. So that whenever I updated or add a stamp into the share folder. everyone will synchronice to the latest stamps.

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mklink /D "%AppData%\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Stamps" "\\some_svr\Shared\Stamps"
I tried but failed. Is it impossible or I did something wrong? :|
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Re: Is it possible to use a symbolic link to reference a shared stamp folder

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Hello,

Maybe the problem comes from the fact that these files are not located in an ordinary folder but a system one.

Could you please try to set the full path to the stamps folder?

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Re: Is it possible to use a symbolic link to reference a shared stamp folder

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Dimitar - Tracker Supp wrote: Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:20 am Hello,

Maybe the problem comes from the fact that these files are not located in an ordinary folder but a system one.

Could you please try to set the full path to the stamps folder?

Regards.
I tried, Result is:

local profile: successed!

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mklink /D "C:\Users\me\AppData\Roaming\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Stamps" "\\svr01\shared\Stamps"
mobile profile: failed!

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mklink /D "\\svr01\Users$\me\Application Data\Tracker Software\PDFXEditor\3.0\Stamps" "\\svr01\shared\Stamps"
If I run this command from client turns out "Access Denied". If I run this command from AD server, the symbolic link is created and works fine, but when you open PDF Xchange Editor, you will found stamps are not there. Any advice?
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Re: Is it possible to use a symbolic link to reference a shared stamp folder  SOLVED

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Hello, kagen.yu

Might I ask why you are using the stamps folder under a users appdata folder if you want these stamps to be shared anyway? Stamps can be stored in the installation directory to be made available to all users on the current device, specifically here:

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C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Editor\Stamps
I think that should circumvent the access denied error you are seeing from before, as you are not trying to access another users appdata directory anymore.

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Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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Re: Is it possible to use a symbolic link to reference a shared stamp folder

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TrackerSupp-Daniel wrote: Tue Oct 12, 2021 5:54 pm Might I ask why you are using the stamps folder under a users appdata folder if you want these stamps to be shared anyway? Stamps can be stored in the installation directory to be made available to all users on the current device, specifically here:

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C:\Program Files\Tracker Software\PDF Editor\Stamps
Yes, this solved my problem. Thank you very much.
Let me ask one more question, can I remove the standard stamps? where can I delete them.
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Re: Is it possible to use a symbolic link to reference a shared stamp folder

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Hello, kagen.yu

Currently it is not possible to remove the standard stamps, though you can collapse their stamp categories so that your custom stamps are easier to locate.

Kind regards,
Dan McIntyre - Support Technician
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