Prevent automation UNC Resolution to mapped drives in Hyperlinks

I can't find anything on whether or not Office 2007 applications use the
"DontUseUNC" registry value, but I'm still researching.

"Gordon Muscroft" wrote in
message ...
Thanks again for the help. FYI my posts seem to be getting deleted. I am
not
sure why. They get posted for about 15 minutes and then disappear.

The problem continues, as once you map a drive, when the location opens, it
gets resolved to a UNC address. I have even tried to use Word and Excel, but
to no avail.
To reproduce the problem, map a drive and then use insert Hyperlink in
Outlook, Word or Excel. Try to navigate from the hyperlink in the document.
The result will not be to the Mapped drive in file explorer, but the UNC
path
to the hyperlink.

This is most likely by design, but are there any parameters available to
over-ride this behavior?

Thanks again
Gord


"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

Okay, if you can expand on "tries to resolve to a..." that would be
helpful
as I'm not sure you are saying that the e-mail takes longer to open
because
Outlook is trying to verify the path is valid or something else.

"Gordon Muscroft" wrote in
message ...
Guys;

I have posted a couple of replies but they seem to be getting deleted. I
am
not sure what is going on. I will try later from home...
Long story. Its still failing as onced mailed the UNC tries to resolve
to
a
view..
Same in Excel and WOrd.

Thanks for the help
Gord


"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

I would have to agree with Brian at this point. Assuming the two boxes
I
mentioned are unchecked, you should be able to right click on the text
and
use the Hyperlink option. Just type in
file://drive_letter:\folder\folder1\filename.doc or
file://\\server\project\documents\requirements\filename.d oc and it
should
net you a clickable link that doesn't change on you.

"Gordon Muscroft" wrote in
message ...
Neo;
The links are not clickable after unchecking the box in question, IE:
They
are inserted as text, but what I was looking for was a clickable link
which
does not resolve to a UNC path.

Example s:\Documents\Requirements\MyDoc.doc
as opposed to a link whic resolves to:
\\ServerName\ProjectDirectory\Documents\Requiremen ts\MyDoc.doc.

It looks like this behavior is the same in Word, and most likely
across
the
Office suite.... In most cases I would say this is a good thing,
but
in
the
particular case I am in the resolution to a common UNC path will not
work.

Thanks
Gord




"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

Hmm... I am not able to duplicate and I have the same configuration.
Just
to make sure, after you uncheck the two boxes in question, all new
messages
that you compose are still generating clickable links to
Internet/UNC
paths?

"Gordon Muscroft" wrote
in
message ...
This is what I tried to do, but it still seems not to work.
(I turned off (Unchecked) the "Internet and Network Paths with
Hyperlink"
on
the Autoformat tab in the Pearl/Proofing/Autocorrect
Option--Autocorrect
Tab)

FYI: Outlook 2007, SP-2
Vista SP-2

Any other sugesstions? Registry?


"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

You can turn this off in AutoCorrect. Assuming Outlook 2007,
start
a
new
message. Select the Pearl and then editor options. Proofing
AutoCorrect
Options. There are two tabs you have to visit in regards to
internet/unc
paths.

"Gordon Muscroft" Gordon
wrote
in
message
...
I want to prevent automatic resolution of mapped drives to UNC
paths
for
certain links in Outlook (Mail).

Is the is possible? I have tried to use the caret and double
caret
(
and
) which so far has not been successful.

More details:
We are using ClearCase as a repository for design document,
with
all
users
having custom views. These views are mapped to a common drive,
but
each
view
has a different name: (IE:
\\Person.Name\BusinesReq\...\filename.doc)

This makes the URL unique for every person, but in Outlook XP
we
could
e-mail the mapped drive/link between people. In Outlook 2007
the
mapped
drive
trys to resolve to the View Name, which is not available to
anyone
but
the
originator of the document.


Thanks
Gord