Multi User install - Change of Data folder location

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Hi

I have a Windows 2003 server with Terminal Services applied. I wish to run a Multi User install of 6.5.1 on this.

My question is:

How can I change the location of the users data folder that is created upon running the notes.exe from their profile. I don’t want it under the C:\Documents and Settings<username>\Local Settings\Application Data\Lotus\Notes\Data but rather a D:\Users<username>\Lotus\Notes\Data so that rebuilding the C: partition will not delete all notes info and also so that my C: isn’t filled quickly.

I know it is possible to copy data folder and point the shortcut to it (as I did on my NT terminal servers) but I think by now we should be able to automate this to save HEAPS of time.

I have installed the Tuner for Lotus Notes but cannot find where I could change this setting.

Does anyone have a solution ?

Steven

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Subject: Multi User install - Change of Data folder location

I am looking to do the same thing but am one step back. I cannot see the Multi User Option on the 6.5.1 CD. It was on the Notes Client CD for 6.0.1 but not on the combined Client, Administrator Client and Dev Client. Can you tell me which CD, and where, you installed the 6.5.1 multi user install from? Thanks

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Subject: Multi User install - Change of Data folder location

Hi!Well, I was working on that last week. We wanted the folder to be in “%userProfile%\My Documents\Notes\Lotus\Data”

After many hours, I found that it is not possible to change the defaul path, even with the InstallShield Tuner. So here what I did.

I set the MST (InstallShield Tuner file) to install Multi-User environnement. For that, you have to set the value of ApplicationUsers to AllUsers and be sure that the Single login is not installed. After that, I made a script (CMD) that I put in the System32 folder of the computer with the file Junction.exe. I alose put the script file in the RUN section of the Windows registry.

So, what does the script do and what is Junction?. It is a small program (freeware, www.sysinternals) that allow you to create symbolic-link on Ntfs 5.0 partition. My scipr simpley do the following

@Echo off

MD “%UserProfile%\My Documents\Notes”

junction “%userprofile%\local settings\applications data\notes” “%UserProfile%\My Documents\Notes”

This create a link on the hard drive. Lotus stiil think to read/write in the normal folder, but data are in fatc in the My Documents folder.