The wizard can reestablish local shortcuts to objects in shared folders if you have a current copy of the object in the target repository. You can keep these shortcuts intact by copying the necessary local shared folders to the target repository before you copy the deployment group or by including the object the shortcut references in the deployment group.

If the referenced object exists in the target repository, the wizard verifies that the copy is current. In typical mode, if you edit the original shared folder after you copy it to the target repository, the wizard asks you to copy it again. If you do not copy the shared folders before copying the deployment group, the wizard deletes all shortcuts and marks all affected mappings invalid.

In advanced mode, you can compare the contents of the folders to see which contains the most recent copies of referenced objects, and then decide to cancel and copy the shared folder again or proceed with the copy operation. When you compare folders, the wizard compares the version of the objects in the deployment group with the latest version of objects in the target folder.

Also, if you copy a local shortcut into the same folder that contains the object the shortcut references, the wizard cannot reestablish the shortcut. The wizard deletes the shortcut and marks all affected mappings invalid.