From your description it seems that we have a misunderstanding here.
If you start PD from the PD program icon or from the start menu, if the "autoload last project" preference is unchecked, PD will start with a clean workspace (except for the sample files - if you have left this option on). That's it, nothing else.
If you then try to open a previous project (say myproject.pds), which has been moved or the assets renamed etc. etc. the myproject.pds script will try to rebuild the project and will give the "browse, ignore etc" option when it cannot find the assets.
Alternatively, if you opt to import a single file into the clean media library you should be able to browse to that file - wherever it is. So, if the file was not transferred from A to B, you should not be able to browse to it and bring it into the media library. In this case PD shouldn't give you the "browse, ignore etc" message, as you cannot find the file in the import window to import it.
I'm not 100% sure of what you are doing that gives rise to the problem. Perhaps you could post a step by step workflow to let us see what's happening?
Cheers
Adrian
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