diff --git a/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m b/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m
index 936c9c9c7a8ff5cb5b2dbea97cc2a0883c076d17..46dacbda5dbc1afb2969d1758dbc291e48028eef 100644
--- a/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m
+++ b/+PlotID/createLinkedHDF5.m
@@ -12,17 +12,18 @@ end
 
 [~,filename,ext] = fileparts(SourceFile);
 
-try    
+% try    
     fid = H5F.create(fullfile(TargetPath,[filename,ext]));
     %create External Link to Sourcefile in the Group linkToExternal
-    H5L.create_external(['..',SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id);
-    %H5L.create_external(['..',filesep,'data',filesep,SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id); %original
+    H5L.create_external(['..\',SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id);
+    %H5L.create_external(['..\data\',SourceFile],'/',fid, SourceFile ,plist_id,plist_id); %original
     H5F.close(fid);
     disp([fullfile(TargetPath,[filename,ext]),' created']);
     status = 1;
-catch
-    warning('No linked HDF file was created');
-    status = 0;
-end
+% catch
+%     warning('No linked HDF file was created');
+%     status = 0;
+% end
 
 end
+