Linking Project files

Perhaps I'm being silly here, but when I try to link project files from within Project 2010 to create a master project and those projects are stored in SharePoint in the Projects document library I get an error message saying basically "You cannot use
an internet address here. Enter a path that points to a location on your computer or on the network" This is running in SharePoint 2010 with Project 2010, but doesn't seem to be integrating properly. We're trying to phase out file shares, so we need to get
this fixed to share out the project files to lots of PM's
Any ideas?

Robin
I came across your question yesterday when I tried to do exactly the same. A colleague of mine came up with a solution, here it is:
Open Windows Explorer, right-click on "Computer", select "Add a network location". When prompted for "Internet or network address", paste the URL to your SharePoint document library or folder which you copied from your browser. It should have
the format "http:\\server\site\folder" (without the "\default.aspx" part), then complete all dialogs
In Windows Explorer, right-click on the new network location. Copy the text next to "Comment", it should have the format \\server@SSL\DavWWWRoot\site\folder or similar
Open a DOS window and enter the command "subst x: (or the drive letter that you want)
\\server@SSL@DavWWWRoot\site\folder" and hit enter
Now open your master schedule in MSP and link the subproject by selecting this new drive x:. MSP will now consider this a local drive and wont give you trouble anymore.
Let me know if it works.

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*******Enhancement / FMR*********
Brief title for your desired feature:
Link Master Clips to media on drives, not to sequences.
How would you like the feature to work?
"The selection you are deleting contains clip references in one or more sequences. If you continue these clip references will all be deleted. Do you want to continue?" In short, I never want to see this warning again. I *need* to be able to delete master clips from my project without having media deleted out of sequences.
Why is this feature important to you?
Editors need to stay organized from the beginning. Professional editors don’t edit birthday parties; we often have large quantities of different kinds of media, need to know where it is, need to access it quickly, and don’t need unnecessary things in the way.
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While you might fix that Merged Clips bug, I still don’t know why you won’t just let me clean stuff up myself. Why are you trying to save me from myself? I know where my media is and Premiere knows where my media is: on my drive.
A professional editing program should not try to save people from themselves. It’s why I left FCP for you. You have a great, powerful suite of programs (that I’d pay a lot more for than I do now btw)… but I need to stay organized, not be unnecessarily prevented from doing so.
Please listen to us and make this fix.

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