Hi all, I'm hoping someone here has dealt with this issue and can provide some guidance.
We recently migrated from one cloud data storage solution to another. We have kept the same file structure, but it's not on different servers mapped to the save drive letters as before. However, in an effort to improve performance in the past, we had used UNC paths for folder connections in the project template we all use for starting new projects. Thanks to that unfortunate choice, now every project that was created prior to our recent server migration has broken links. And for some reason, those projects are taking up to two hours to open. They sit on "Opening Project" for eons.
They all open eventually (with broken links, as expected), but even after fixing the data sources for all folder connections, geodatabases, styles, and toolboxes, and checking all links in the Options dialog to make sure that all paths are valid, the projects continue to open very slowly each time we open them. It's as if there are still invalid paths in there somewhere and Pro is scanning our entire network looking for them before opening. Once they're open, performance is normal.
Other users have reported similar issues, but I'm not seeing any resolution:
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/local-server-taken-offline-issue-with-pro-project...
https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/there-should-be-an-option-for-setting-maximal/idc-p/1...
New projects created after the migration using a new project template with only mapped drives open normally. The problem only occurs with projects created prior to the migration.
Saving these older projects under a new name or in a new location (even locally) does not make any difference. We are only experiencing this problem with Pro; none of our other applications are struggling.
Has anyone else overcome this issue? We have hundreds of projects, most with multiple layouts within them, so we really don't want to have to recreate them from scratch. I feel like there must still be an invalid path hiding somewhere within the project, but I can't find it. I've even tried unzipping the .aprx files and searching their contents for the old server name, but to no avail.
Any suggestions are welcome. I've been on hours of calls with support and so far they have been unable to resolve the problem. Thanks in advance!
- Holly