InDesign CS 5.5 - links break when folder is moved

I'm running OS X 10.5.8 on a 2.66 GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 FB-DIMM.
Ever since I upgraded from CS3 to CS 5.5, the links in my publications break when I move the folder they're in. This never happened with the older versions. Usually if the entire folder was moved, the links stayed intact. Our workflow makes it necessary to move the folder twice during the production process, and it can often take quite a long time to wait for the files to relink.
Does anyone know if there's some sort of default setting I can turn off to stop this???
Thanks,
CQ

Since this is an application-specific question, it would be best to ask this in the InDesign forum.

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