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@Siedlerchr Thank you for the explanation. Ok, so Quality -> Automatically set file links (or alternatively pressing "F7") will set the file links for the selected entry, is that correct?...

JabRef 5.3--2021-03-05--f7de0a6 Windows 10 10.0 amd64 Java 14.0.2 JavaFX 15.0.1+1 The issues and feature requests described in https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5105#issue-464888187 and https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/5105#issuecomment-509132201 still persist.

@ThiloteE Sorry for the delayed response. The only thing that remains (besides the small size of the file field, see also the new isssue: https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/8823) is the suggestion to allow...

> To alleviate the problem of having very similar bibkeys that are then found via the default search pattern, I would suggest to create unique (e.g. DOI) and/or complex citationkeys...

> Right ... there IS no preference that allows to disable automatic file links... sorry, my bad. > Yep, that is an issue.

Imagine you have a (massive) JabRef database where thousands of items have very similar bibtex keys, the latter of which also go into the thousands. I am not sure how...

@ThiloteE Thank for your very detailed explanation of the workaround your propose! I appreciate your effort, but unfortunately in my case this will not work. I will detail below why...

Thanks for the workaround - yes, that could be an option, but I still would prefer the actual problem to be solved, since: (1) If you are not aware of...

Your description somewhat fits the problem, but not completely. Files which would open ("full relative path"), are linked as follows in JabRef 5: `file = {Baez2004.pdf:Baez2004.pdf:PDF},` Files which would not...

JabRef 5.8-PullRequest9046.21--2022-08-12--52b5f6f Windows 10 10.0 amd64 Java 18.0.2 JavaFX 18.0.2+2 @Siedlerchr Thank you very much! Indeed, as far as I can tell, this build solves the problem. Well done!