Offline files on a network drive

I am using PSE7, and have made the stupid decision to put all my pictures and catalogue on a network drive.
In addition I have changed the network name from:
\\sda\kanolsen to \\ubuntu\ntfs which means that the files are now offline. (nothing of this was made in PSE).
I have read all I can find on the subject but can't fix the problem.
What I want to do is cover my losses and move the files to my desktop and only access them from there.
How do I do that when they are offline?
I have tried the following:
1. Have tried the file - move command via display - show folder location.
It doesn't show any pics in the offline folder (or any other folder for that matter). http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/qt/replaceproxy.htm
2. I have tried the different tips"Quickly reconnecting large numbers of photos"
3. When trying to reconnect files I get an error message saying that it can't reconnect since the process is locked or something.
None of them works. Now I have made the PSE7 files corrupted for the second time (fortunately I recover them from a backup).
But with over 14000 pics I am getting VERY nervous I won't be able to do the move and have to do everything from scratch (which I cannot practically do).
ANY help would be very appreciated.
Kanolsen

Hi
I found a way round this as I had the same issue.
Backup the catalog file first!
Download and run black cat SQL manager (as this understands the database format)
Use this to open the catalog file (catalog.pse7db)
Open the table in the catalog database called volume_table
edit the type field against your network drive to read "builtin_drive" instead of network drive
You can now use an automatic reconnect strategy as this fools PSE into thinking its not a network drive, as in
Reconnect an entire folder tree all at once. If you’ve moved an entire tree of folders and they’re now disconnected, you can persuade PSE to reconnect them all quickly.
a.       In Edit > Preferences > Files, select the option Automatically Search For And Reconnect Missing Files.
b.      Do File > Reconnect > Missing File to reconnect one file manually.
c.       Do File > Reconnect > All Missing. PSE will start searching “near” the folder containing the missing file you reconnected in step b, and it will usually find all the missing files within a couple of minutes of searching.
d.      If step c doesn’t find all the missing files, or you’re impatient, you can explicitly tell PSE where to search:
i.                    Do Help > System Info and write down the folder location of your catalog.
ii.                  Exit PSE.
iii.                Use Windows Explorer to navigate to the catalog folder.
iv.                Open the file “rmf.3.cache” in Notepad. This file was created in step b above. It contains the most recent folders in which you reconnected files (“rmf” = “reconnected media folders”), and the Reconnect command always searches these folders first before scanning the rest of your drives.
v.                  Delete all of the contents of the file and add a single line containing the full path of root of the folder tree containing your photos. For example, if you moved the folder tree to E:\data\photos, add that as a single line to the file.
vi.                Save the file.
vii.              Restart PSE and do File > Reconnect All Missing again. It should first search the folder tree you provided in step v.

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