How to update cross references when duplicating book files?

[i-Nav]

I have a book with multiple files, containing hundreds of cross references.

I want to copy/duplicate this book, including the files within, and move them to a new location (from my local computer to Google Drive).

But after I copy the files to Google Drive, the cross references in the copied files point to the original files on my local computer.

Is there a way to update all the cross refernces, to make them point to the new files instead of the old ones?

I tried copying the book file itself and then use "replace document" from the book palett, to replace each separate file.
I also tried creating a new book file, and add the new files into it. Every time I end up with the same result: the cross references within the new files are still pointing to the original files.

Any help would be highly appriciated!

[Geоrge]

Did you try to do a package?

[i-Nav]

I love your (or David's) faith in InDesign. But I'm afraid this is one case where this saying just doesn't hold up...
Sharing your optimism, I just tried the packaging option, but that didn't do the trick either. ☹️

Further Googling has revealed that it's a known bug.

There's a discussion here, and the bug is reported here; If anyone would like to upvote this bug to help it go up in Adobe's priorities, that would be great.

[Geоrge · Accepted solution]

Did you try a trick @Tak Osato from that thread:

I'm not sure if you tried this, but did you rename the folder at the old location so that internal cross-references can no longer find the old location? I believe when InDesign cannot find the old location, it tries to update the cross-references using relative paths.

I. ☹️