Nope. No setting. Just one of these annoying things with AcadE.
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it has to do with really old code to break the wires when inserting a symbol... That they must be in view (display list) for it to work correctly.
Trond Hasse LieAutoCAD Electrical and
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