I have about 2,000 photos hylerlinked that is on a local drive. How can I change the drive of all photos without having to go to each to make the change.

[WalterBeard]

I have about 2,000 photos hylerlinked that is on a local drive. How can I change the drive of all photos without having to go to each to make the change.

[TimothyKippo]

Hi Walter

I would assume python would be the best method.  How are the hyperlinks stored?

[OwenEarley · Accepted solution]

If you are storing your hyperlinks in a field then you can just update the path using the Field Calculator.

• Back up your data or use an edit session so you can undo any changes.
• For example - if your hyperlinks stored in a field called LinkPath:
• Open the attribute table for your data
• Open the Field Calculator for the hyperlink field
• Change the Parser option to Python
• Use the python replace function in your expression to change the path:

!LinkPath!.replace('C:\\Temp\\Photos', 'H:\\Photos')

This will replace C:\Temp\Photos with H:\Photo - just change the values to match your own paths.