title: Not able to access image stored in Storage folder in Laravel 5.5
body: <p>I am trying to access an image in the url which is stored in the /storage folder.</p>
  
  <p>Image Stored Path:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Project/storage/app/public/default.png
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>According to Laravel 5.5 docs, your publicly accessible files should be put in directory</p>
  
  <pre><code>storage/app/public
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So I did the same, but when I try to access the image as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://localhost:8000/storage/default.png
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>then it doesn't work.</p>
  
  <p>I tried the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>php artisan storage:link
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but it throws an error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The "public/storage" directory already exists.</p>
  </blockquote>