Hello
Wouldn't you have disconnections which would have the effect of making you lose the paths of the pieces.
Cdt.
Fred
Hello, I don't have a problem disconnecting.
The rights of the PC on the network, I didn't know it.
Other tests:
We put the problem PC instead of the non-problem PC in order to find out if it came from the link between my wall network socket and our server. The result is inconclusive: the problem is persistent.
After putting my PC back in its location, I opened an old assembly (dating back a few years) on the network. And there, all the pieces were displayed without any problem. I then inserted a "canister" part made in a hurry on this assembly. I saved it and re-opened it, and there BINGO all the coins are nowhere to be found.
I don't really know what to think about it....
Hello
Have you found the solution to date?
I have exactly the same problem
Kind regards
Hello
If the rights are defined according to the ip or the name of the pc, it will have the same problem regardless of its location on the network.
I'm leaning towards a restriction of rights or maybe at the level of the firewall of the problematic pc.
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In reality, I work locally with documents on a drive synchronized live. So no passage of the lights by Solidworks. In addition, offline I have my parts locally that I can open but the assemblies jump each time I reopen.
I'm leaning more towards a path problem but I can't find the solution.
Hello
When you say "a synchronized drive", is it a OneDrive-like mechanism?
I'm not sure SW works perfectly with this type of environment.
Yes, that's right, it's a Google drive.
I am aware that my editing is complicated and wobbly.
I'm using SW 2017 on Win 7 on Parallels Desktop 11 on a macBook Pro 2012.
With a shared drive as a server (I'm not an owner) that I duplicate on my personal drive and then synchronize on my computer.
Probably the most complex method that exists to make SW run.
But the problem I have is exactly the same as RomualdAlvarez who doesn't have the same configuration as me at all. I was hoping that this would be an easy to adjust SW or Win access setting.
Hmm Maybe the method you used to set up the drive isn't enough.
Try to take a look at this page if you learn anything there.
I would start by checking that the key is present in the register, because if you go to fetch it manually the path is valid, there is no guarantee that the loads operated by solidworks do not need a predefined path to the drive.
Well, this is only a hypothesis.
I'll take a look. Thank you for your help
Hello
My problem is indeed solved.
After changing my internal server, I didn't have any more problems.
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Is the path to the drive a classic windows path, especially with a drive letter?
If not, I'll try to create a network drive that points to the drive's directory.
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Hi all
I agree with @stefbeno on the fact of mounting a network drive that points to the drive-thru folder.
SW uses absolute paths to access files:
c:\mondosssier\myproject...
It is unable to manage the relative paths: .\myfolder\myproject...
(the 40 years and more of computer science will 
understand me)
This is the kind of path that we don't have access to if we use a live drive via the web for example.
When mounting this drive, Windows creates a drive: W:\myfolderdrive, then the sync software does the job... For SW it's transparent, he doesn't realize anything.
This could explain why SW no longer finds the assembly elements if it is opened from the drive and finds them when opening locally.
I hope I've been clear enough, have a good day.
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Hello @a.eriaud
Well agree with you and it's even worse with DropBox.
By the way! Your explanation is very clear
Kind regards
PS: 50 years of computer science
Hello
We link a network disk to our PCs with offline files enabled.
This allows us to have our files locally off-network and that it synchronizes when we return.
No problem being several on it for a few years.
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Hello
We link a network disk to our PCs with offline files enabled.
This allows us to have our files locally off-network and that it synchronizes when we return.
No problem being several on it for a few years
Hello
Can we know a little more? 
In fact, we add a "network location" pointing to a network folder which gives us a drive letter. Then we activate offline files for local assets in case of business travel.
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I didn't know this function. I'm going to test that.
Thank you.
Nice day
Good to know, the network location can also point to a local folder on the machine.
Yes. I do that.
But I didn't know about the "Make available offline" feature. 
Hello
Once the network folder is connected to a network drive, right-click on it and choose "Always available offline".
Warning: this makes a local copy of this drive, make sure there is enough room on your disk.
Then Windows manages the two-way updates, you will have a small round and green icon next to the clock to allow you to monitor all this.
Kind regards
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