Supreme - I'm doing the same thing kinda - sharing my db with others and the drive letters will not be the same all the time for each person of course.
What I found is this...
Before you do anything be it to your drives - move the db - share it etc etc. Follow Ricks format for keeping his db - go into settings - check off - "Keep images in Database file"
Once the images are in the db file - you can do as you please.
You can move it around - change locations of the files - share it etc etc.
To change the location of the image files - go back into settings - and look in Folders i think it is called - Point it to the folder you want to keep your posters etc in
Then... and only then - if you so desire - un-check "Keep images in Data base"
it will put them in the folder - just make sure it did
Then - optimize the database.
If you check prior to optimizing it, you'll see the db size - make a note of it for the gee wiz - Optimize the db after un-checking "keep images..." and you'll see the db is much smaller.
To move or share it again - RECHECK the "Keep all images in the Database File"
This should be correct... I'm sure Rick or Nastra can confirm it.
Or jsut do it and confirm it yourself... it works for me
btw - if you can afford the drive space - keep an extra copy of your db and backup somewhere safe - just in case