Disable Automatic Network Shortcut Resolution (All Windows)

When you create a shortcut to a resource on a mapped network drive, and then remap the same drive to a different network resource, Windows attempts to connect to the original network resource when you access the shortcut.

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Open your registry and find or create the key below.

Create a new DWORD value, or modify the existing value, called "LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo" and set it according to the value data below.

Exit your registry; you may need to restart or log out of Windows for the change to take effect.

		(Default)	REG_SZ	(value not set)
		LinkResolveIgnoreLinkInfo	REG_DWORD	0x00000001 (1)

	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\...

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• Comprehensive Search for Broken Shortcuts (Windows NT/2000/XP)
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Disclaimer: Modifying the registry can cause serious problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. We cannot guarantee that problems resulting from modifications to the registry can be solved. Use the information provided at your own risk.