Relinking files in Illustrator

[alpinemice]

Greetings all;

I am experiencing a problem with relinking files. I often place images in Illustrator documents and then find that I need to move the file that the placed image draws from. After moving the file to another folder, I of course have to show Illustrator where it can find the file.

The problem I am experiencing is that when I select "Apply to all", I still have to select the file for each placed instance. Does anyone know how I can fix this?

[onq-3]

More than a decade since this question was asked and Adobe still hasn't implemented this simple and obviously important feature. Absolutely ridiculous!