Known problems and limitations
If your presentation contains many links to files on a network drive and the network isn't available when you run Fixlinks or a Links Report, it can take a very long time to run.
For each link, FixLinks asks Windows "Is this file where the link says it is?" If it's on a local drive or a connected network drive, Windows replies instantly. If it's on a disconnected or unavailable network drive, Windows waits for the network timeout to expire before it gives up and says "No, the file isnt' there"
That can take as much as 30 seconds per link.
Meanwhile, FixLinks (and you) have to sit and wait. So please be patient, the computer hasn't crashed ... it's just waiting for a drive that isn't there, a prince that may never come, Godot ...
Please note:
FixLinks makes PowerPoint perform tasks automatically. Because of this, FixLinks may be affected by bugs in PowerPoint. An add-in can't correct flaws in PowerPoint itself, though wherever possible we try to include workarounds for known problems.
Sometimes we just have to live with problems until Microsoft fixes them. You can report PowerPoint problems directly to Microsoft here
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