Hi,
I have resolved this as follows: in Tools/Options/Behaviour = tick the
"Associate with *.ml files"
The format that is working for me (in Joplin, markdown) is : [link's
name](mlo:C:\Users\user1\Documents\myMLOfile.ml?{A1G26D66-C586-4058-9418-4D0CB4FB51D2})
Le dimanche 15 mars 2026 à 10:55:39 UTC+1, KC Yang (KC) a écrit :
> Hi Gerard Goddard:
>
> Could you explain again how you solve with step by step instructions? I
> could not comprehend your existing explanation. Thanks.
>
> Gerard Goddard 在 2025年6月2日 星期一凌晨12:29:08 [UTC+8] 的信中寫道：
>
>> solved: just close the open instance ol MLO and then click the link
>> again. It will open MLO again (strangely the top of the MLO windows not
>> displays the full path to the .ml file) and from now on all the links will
>> open with no error
>>
>> On Sunday, June 1, 2025 at 10:19:58 AM UTC+1 Gerard Goddard wrote:
>>
>>> I have the same problem, how can I open the task from another app?
>>>
>>> On Monday, June 21, 2021 at 2:28:34 PM UTC+1 Sigi K wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey everyone,
>>>>
>>>> does anyone know why I get the error:
>>>>
>>>> *[Window Title]*
>>>> *Warning*
>>>>
>>>> *[Content]*
>>>> *File is readonly or locked by another user: Cannot open file
>>>> "s:\test.ml <http://test.ml>". Der Prozess kann nicht auf die Datei
>>>> zugreifen, da sie von einem anderen Prozess verwendet wird*
>>>>
>>>> *Translation: The process cannot access the file because it is used by
>>>> another process.*
>>>>
>>>> *[Cancel] [Retry]*
>>>>
>>>> Whenever I try to open an mlo:// link like
>>>> *mlo://s:\test.ml?{0DC92C2E-9F1B-480C-B990-E35F38B1342B}
>>>> <http://test.ml?%7B0DC92C2E-9F1B-480C-B990-E35F38B1342B%7D> *from
>>>> different applications. Let's say I open MLO via a Link in MSWord, then MS
>>>> Word is able to jump to MLO constantly, but if I use a link in some other
>>>> application (even win+r "run") then I get the error and vice-versa (when I
>>>> open MLO via win+r, then MS Word throws those errors)
>>>>
>>>> Is there a solution to it?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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