If you prefix the value with an apostrophe, does that stop it?

'\\myshare\myfolder\myfile.xls

You can remove the hyperlinks from a selected area by running a small macro:

option Explicit
sub removeLinks()
selection.hyperlinks.delete
end sub

If you're new to macros, you may want to read David McRitchie's intro at:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/getstarted.htm

RWN wrote:

xl2k

Excel insists on treating a share name (\\directoryname) in a cell as a hyperlink. I use
them extensively on templates to point my VBA routines to the directories to be used.
Each time I enter it in a cell I have to turn around and Remove the link.

I've looked at Tools-Options, thinking that there must be a switch I could throw, but to
no avail.

Not a big deal as I could skip the double backslash and add it in the macro, but I'd
rather have the whole name in the cell to prevent confusion for the users.

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Regards;
Rob
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Dave Peterson