Operating system Windows Joplin version 2.11.11 Desktop version info Joplin 2.11.11 (prod, win32) Client ID: ee9cc7889fd64490bec4d336b6175bd6 Sync Version: 3 Profile Version: 43 Keychain Supported: Yes Revision: 6886f6f What issue do you have? Is there a way to link to a specific Note from o…

If you right click on a note in the note list you can select the option "Copy external link". This saves a shorcut on your clipboard in the format joplin://x-callback-url/openNote?id=aedc6285e9d34cb2864e9d5b76511f45. When this link is followed it opens Joplin at the selected note. [external_link] …

Joplin 3.3.3 | Windows 11 I'm using a portable version at this moment. From this one I copied the external link of a note. [image] On Wiindows I created a shortcut with this link. [image] [image] [image] [image] But... When I click on it a new instance of Joplin 3.3.3 completly empty is s…

You are using the portable version but do you also have the desktop version installed on your system?

Not at all... By the way : the portable version [image] is called "Joplin for Desktop" too... [image] [CTRL] [ALT] [SUPPR]: [image] [image] Joplin Portable should have everything in the same place Features It seems (correct me if this is wrong), that "JoplinPortabl…

From my limited testing the callback facility does not work with the Joplin Portable desktop version if the client has been fully closed down. It will only work if the client is running. With the Installed desktop version it works whether the client is running or not. I guess that this is because a …

[image] dpoulton: follow your "DOG food" link to open up the "empty" version of Joplin. Select Tools > Options. The first line of the setting page says: "Notes and settings are stored in:". What path is shown after this? C:\Users\MY USER NAME.config\joplin-desktop And from the "normal" jopli…

[image] Steph: C:\Users\MY USER NAME\.config\joplin-desktop Which means that you do have the installable desktop client installed on your system because that is where it stores its data. So when the portable version is closed and you click your "DOG food" link it opens up the copy of Joplin …

[image] dpoulton: Which means that you do have the installable desktop client installed on your system because that is where it stores its data. I never installed the 3.3.3 desktop version on this computer. It's the portable version who is responsible of the appearance of this instance. Myste…

[image] Steph: I never installed the 3.3.3 desktop version on this computer. It's the portable version who is responsible of the appearance of this instance. If you haven't got a version (any version) of Joplin installed on your system it is not so much a "mystery of life" as a serious bug. Y…

[image] dpoulton: You are suggesting that the portable version can under unknown conditions store note data in the user account files on the host machine when that version is expressly designed not to do so. Yes. For example the linked note is there: [image] See (already mentionned above)…

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Steph 29 March 2025 13:20 5

Not at all...
By the way : the portable version

is called "Joplin for Desktop" too...

[CTRL] [ALT] [SUPPR]:

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Linking to a specific note

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