Installing WSS with the WMSDE installed to D: instead of C:

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From: Mike Walsh (englantilainen_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/16/04 

Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 14:52:07 +0300

There was a recent thread that I can no longer find where we (mainly me)
went in circles about how to install WSS so that the default database is
installed on D:. It was a case where my experience with STS proved
completely wrong and all we ended up with was install to C: and then use a
KB article to move the database.

Well there's a better way and it's very clearly spelt out in the WSS User
Guide.

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Install Windows SharePoint Services specifying the location of the WMSDE
database

If you want to specify the location to install the WMSDE database, use the
/datadir= option with the setupsts.exe command line tool.
The syntax is as follows:
setupsts.exe /datadir="path\\"

For example, to install the WMSDE database to the d:\program
files\wmsdedata\ directory, type the command:
setupsts.exe /datadir="d:\program files\wmsdedata\\"
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(The next longer paragraph gives even more information)

Apologies for the mess-up in the first post!

Mike Walsh, Helsinki, Finland
WSS FAQ at wss.collutions.com
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