documents moved to new computer still reference old template

[Guest]

Documents were moved to a new computer, but they still are referencing a
template on the old computer which no longer exists, so OPEN waits until that
link reference times out on the network. Changing template locations under
options->file locations did not help; evidently that is just for new
documents.

Is there a utility to update the template links? At this point my only idea
is to write a macro that for each document will read to get the name and copy
contents to clipboard, close document, create new document and paste from
clipboard, and then save with same name.

I think the template these documents are based on was a workgroup template,
if that matters. That template, as well as the documents, are on the same
machine, but now with a different name.

 

[Guest]

If you can get your document to open, you can try using Attach To which is
located in Tools | Templates and Addins | Templat tab. Just put the full
path to the template in the Document Template line and choose the Attach
button.

The other option would be to create a blank document and then use Insert |
File and insert the document you with which you are experiencing problems
into the new blank document.

I hope this helps!