Not sure how you're creating the hyperlink, but one like that should look like
file:///\\server\folder\subfolder\file.xls
to work properly. To check, I just set one up on my system here, using
insert hyperlink and closed the workbook, and when I opened it back up, it
was formatted properly.


"Eric Lee" wrote:

hyperlink in excel fails after saving... \\server\folder\subfolder\file.xls
tunrs to //server/folder/subfolder/file.xls after saving.

thus, i get error message " the address for this site is not valid. Check
the address and try again"