Is this the cause of my nightmare?

When you import by reference with File > Import > File, the path to the text
or graphic can be either absolute or relative. A relative path begins at a
current folder or one folder up the hierarchy and specifies the file's
location from there. An absolute path begins at the root of the file system
(the topmost folder) and fully specifies the file's location from there.
Following are two examples of absolute paths.

d:\Graphics\Mountain.gif
\\DocServer\Graphics\Mountain.gif
FrameMaker stores relative paths whenever possible so that it can find an
imported file even when you move both the document and the source file-as
long as you keep the files in the same relative locations. If you save the
document in a different folder, FrameMaker adjusts the paths of the imported
files accordingly. However, if the path to the imported file traverses the
root (the topmost folder) of the file system, FrameMaker uses absolute paths
that begins at the root.

To ensure that FrameMaker uses relative paths, make sure that it does not
have to traverse the root to locate the file.

Rob



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