Stop or Remove File from trying to access external sources or websites

sea_captain

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The file in question is created by me (let's call it "File X"). It is located in my company's Shared drive - where all my files are kept.

Another company (from Europe) sent us a file to fill out for them. When opened, it had a bunch of links to sites and sources that we don't have access to. In their document, they had 1 tab that i created.

File X links to 2 other files in my personal folder. I (mistakenly) moved the tab i created in Europe file to mine.

Now, when i "enable content", my file has 17 dialogue boxes that pop up before i can continue. I removed the imported tab, but the pop ups remain.

I removed any "names" in the Name Manager. Pop ups remain.
When i finally remove the 2 links to my personal folder (so there are no existing links), the pop ups go away. Now my 2 linked files do not have this problem.

The pop ups are:
"Cannot locate the internet server or proxy server"
"MS cannot access the file 'http:......."
"We cannot connect o file 'https:...."
Microsoft "Sign In" to open account "Transaction Comps"
"Cannot download the information you requested"
...rinse repeat a few more until it's 17

The only external links are my 2 internal files.
The Name Manager is empty.
There are no hyperlinks that i can find.
I've tried "Find/Replace" and can't find anything that might be connected.

Any ideas on how to stop the file from trying to find these external sources?
Thanks,
Cap
 

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