@Anonymous
@RobDraw is correct. you never want to open your local file. you always want to create a new local file at the start of your work day.
let's say that at the end of the work day, everyone closes up, saving to central and all that. the next day, Mary wants to come in an hour early to get a head start to the day. you come in an hour later, and start working also. if you were to open your local file and saved to central, you will essentially erase that hour of Mary's work because your local file was last saved the day before.
also, each time each one of your other coworkers were to open their local file, which was last saved the day before, will overwrite each other's work as they save to central.
this would probably explain why the fix for the disappearing links keeps getting fouled. someone keeps overwriting the fix when opening their local file rather than creating a new local.
