Upon installing FMP 11 Advanced on a new computer and copying all database files, each time I open the main database, Filemaker has makes me supply the location for the other 5 related databases. There has to be some way to correct this, right?

See if this helps:

http://www.filemaker.com/11help/html/odbc_ess.20.5.html#1027714

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