Error

Word 2010 Network Path Hyperlinks change to Local C Drive - Issues with Microsoft Word documents that have links in it to other documents. Hyperlinks change from their UNC path to a C path. For example


\\server\folder\document.pdf  would change to  C:\Users\{username}\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Word\folder\document.pdf


This can happen to all or some links on a document. 

 

Cause

This behavior is because that the link by default is saved as Relative Link rather than an absolut Link

 

Solution

 

To avoid such issue, we need to modify the following setting to use absolute link instead of relative links.

  • To do this, use the following method.
    1. On the File menu, click Options.  
    2. Click Advanced.  
    3. Under General, click Web Options.  
    4. Click the Files tab.  
    5. Click to clear the Update links on save check box.  
    6. Click OK two times.


    For enterprise environment, we can modify the setting for multiple machines using group policy:

     

    Microsoft Office 2010 --> Tools |Options | General | Web Options... --> Files  --> Update links on save

     

     Links

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/office/en-US/e527224b-4987-4a9e-a3c7-e35186022867/word-2010-network-path-hyperlinks-change-to-local-c-drive

     

    http://wordfaqs.mvps.org/HyperlinkProbs.htm#The_link_goes_to_the_wrong_place