For the automatic update of the real track and real Drum directories, there are not too many consequences and it may be acceptable to redefine the directories concerned.

But today I noticed that the reference to the files linked to the plugins was emptied if the external disk is not present when the song is opened (for example instead of having the file 1st-violin-SEC- sustain.sfz in the sforzando instrument plugin, I have "empty").
And it seems to me much more annoying because you can spend a lot of time choosing the instruments and whether to start over ...).

Consequently, the confirmation request does not seem so superfluous to me, even if you're kidding me.