hyperlinks to folders - flakey?

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Last night with a client and laptop using W7, Ex2010...

He had hyperlinks to local folders that stopped working after an
attempted presentation on a projector. I looked at the properties and
I would bet my life the links were properly formed. I'm sitting here
on an XPsp3 box and cannot recreate it. HLinks seem to open folders
no matter how I try and break them. He said others in his office say
Ex2010 hyperlinks are flakey and they didn't count on them anymore.

Ever heard of such a thing?

These wb's were birthed in Ex2010 so there shouldn't be any update
issues. I googled and couldn't find much. I know this is sparse but
if you have any hunches. I'll be getting his laptop back next week
and can pursue it where is misbehaves.

Thank you.
 
Last night with a client and laptop using W7, Ex2010...

He had hyperlinks to local folders that stopped working after an
attempted presentation on a projector.  I looked at the properties and
I would bet my life the links were properly formed.  I'm sitting here
on an XPsp3 box and cannot recreate it.  HLinks seem to open folders
no matter how I try and break them.  He said others in his office say
Ex2010 hyperlinks are flakey and they didn't count on them anymore.

Ever heard of such a thing?

These wb's were birthed in Ex2010 so there shouldn't be any update
issues.  I googled and couldn't find much.  I know this is sparse but
if you have any hunches.  I'll be getting his laptop back next week
and can pursue it where is misbehaves.

Thank you.
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yah know... until I get you more info... this is a really stupid
post... Ignore it, I'll update it when I get more info. Sorry for the
traffic.
 
yah know... until I get you more info... this is a really stupid
post... Ignore it, I'll update it when I get more info.  Sorry for the
traffic.
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WTF - I so hope it's me.

I built the links and they work fine.... until. I moved the wb to
another directory and they all broke! These are spec'd absolutely. I
had to install a vba sub to rebuild the links whenever things go
south. AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa. This can't be right. No wonder his
presentation bombed.

Example link: file:///C:\Document ......\afile.pdf

Point me to the truth. Thank you.
 
WTF - I so hope it's me.

I built the links and they work fine.... until.  I moved the wb to
another directory and they all broke!  These are spec'd absolutely.  I
had to install a vba sub to rebuild the links whenever things go
south.  AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaa.  This can't be right.  No wonder his
presentation bombed.

Example link: file:///C:\Document ......\afile.pdf

Point me to the truth.  Thank you.
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Even though you code an absolute address/url, and it reports as an
absolute address on hover, it isn't. See this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/328440
 
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