Hi, I just installed Notes9 in multi-user mode with redirected data path. Lotus is now redirecting data path to:
N:%username%\IBM\Notes\Data
while with 8.5 it was:
N:%username%\Lotus\Notes\Data
Is there a way to change the default path in windows registry?
Many thanks in advance!
Subject: Re: User Data Path
In versions prior to Notes 9 multi-user, users’ data directories were stored in
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Lotus\Notes\Data.
As Notes has been rebranded as “IBM Notes”, in Notes 9.0 and above, they are stored in
C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\IBM\Notes\Data
If you are installing Notes 9.0, by default, it will use new path.
As workaroung, You may change the path in notes.ini for users separately:
Directory=
If you are upgrading from Notes 8.5 to 9.0 and just want to use the legacy data path:
A transform can be used to tell the client to install the data files to the legacy locations (Lotus/Notes/Data). This will also work when using MULTIUSERBASEDIR and MULTIUSERCOMMONDIR, in the sense that the Notes 9.0 installer will append Lotus/Notes/Data to the end of the given path and not IBM/Notes/Data.
To do this, a new registry key can be created within a transform. Open a new Transform file (.mst), and go to Registry on the left pane. Here, you are presented with 2 panes: “Source Computer Registry View” and “Destination Computer Registry View”.
Under “Destination Computer Registry View”, expand HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. Right click on “Software”, and select New - Key. Call this key “Lotus”. Once created, right-click on Lotus, select New - Key again, and call this “Notes”
Once “Notes” is created, the folder should just have a (Default) key within it. Right click on Notes, and go to New - DWORD Value. Under “Name”, change the name to UseLegacyDataPath, and change its value to 1. Once completed, your view should look like this:
Save this transform, then install the client using a command line like this:
setup.exe /s /v"TRANSFORMS=transformname.mst /qb+"
By default, 9.0 will place the data directory in the legacy location of C:\Users<username>\AppData\Local\Lotus\Notes\Data.