# Markdown base62 image name vs. full \<img\> path?

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**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [February 27, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-base62-image-name-vs-full-img-path/81653 "2018-02-27T12:34:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![gerhard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/gerhard/32/119479_2.png) [@gerhard](https://meta.discourse.org/u/gerhard)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2018, 1:05pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/markdown-base62-image-name-vs-full-img-path/81653/4 "2018-02-27T13:05:27Z")

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> [@filip](#):
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> But, using the base62 in a direct link does not work. Should it?

No, that’s currently not possible.

> [@filip](#):
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> How does this work?  
> Is there any setting to switch back to using the hex encoding in the md tags?

The Markdown engine converts the short filename into an actual HTML link that points to the file. I’m sorry, it’s not possible to switch back to the previous behavior.

The easiest solution is to copy the URL of the image after posting.

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