Verifying access to linked object on non existent drive

[Sorontar]

I have loading screen popping up that I cannot cancel. It says "Verifying access to ....drive name and folder ..."
This drive has been renamed years ago and every old project I reopen searches for that access for full minute. It happens multiple times. I try to relinked it - Illustrator:" let's see if this old drive has suddenly reappeared and then you can continue your work" - again 1 minute waiting. Add cancel button atleast. I don't ever see that again. How I do that?

[Ares Hovhannesyan]

Did you try to reset preferences from Preferences Panel? May be that can help

[Bobby Henderson]

You may need to delete Preferences when launching Illustrator to clear any references to the recent files. Press and hold Alt+Control+Shift (Windows) or Option+Command+Shift (Mac OS) when launching Illustrator.

[Sorontar]

Why are you talking about preferences? It is not a bug. It is just terrible feature I have to deal every time I open old projects. Atleast 30 sec wait time for every linked object that used to be location on a drive that has different name now. If you have business and you change name of the drive and have 100 files and 3 linked per file then resaving them loses you hours of idle time. It so pointless. Add cancel button to this terrible feature.

[Monika Gause]

If you have a business then you should also know how computers work and that it is a particularly bad idea to change the name of a drive. Let alone doing that regularly.

[Sorontar]

Can I disable it somehow manually editing preferences or disabling asomething about updating links? It feels hours.