UNC links are replaced by relative path

[iamberb]

Hi,

I have big problems with word 2002 SP2 concerning absolut links. I enter
\\s01-itwal\iccsetup$\Vaj_353.EN
and after save it converts to:
../../../../../../../../../iccsetup$/Vaj_353.EN

Thanks for your help!

 

[xlhelp]

In the registry look under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\8.0\Word\Options
to see if DoNotUseUNC has a value of 1. This prevents the use of UNC.

MS Article 171406

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[iamberb]

Hi,

I checked this value and it is used if I understand right for switching or not allowing to switch from the drive letter to the UNC path.

But in my case it switched from the UNC or drive letter to some weird relative path.

brg robert

 

[xlhelp]

I believe it's the other way around.

Please look at

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q171406/

Quote from the document above:

"NOTE: Setting Value Data to 0 or deleting the DontUseUNC key resets Word to the default and allows it to resolve file locations using UNC."

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