0x8002802C — Location unknown — path cannot be resolved A path stored inside the document cannot be found.
Why it happens
- The document stores an absolute path to a moved asset
- The asset was renamed
- The link folder was deleted
Steps that usually fix it
- Package the document with its links next time
- Re-link the asset from the document’s links panel
- Restore the folder name
If it comes back
Package links with the document, always.
Last looked over 2026-10-05 by R. Okonkwo.
Before changing anything
The code above is what an application reports; it is not a diagnosis of what went wrong. Two checks are worth doing before permissions are touched: whether the file is on a volume the application can actually reach, and whether the file was moved or renamed since it was last opened. Both report as this code more often than a permission problem does.
Pages in this section describe the code as applications report it. Where a fix is listed here, it is one the library has seen work on a real file; where nothing has been confirmed, the page says so instead of guessing at a cause.