RE: change default directory for user shares

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Hi Lars,

Thanks for your posting here.

For you description, I understand that you want to change the default users
shared folders directory. If I am off base, please don't hesitate to let me
know.

Please follow the steps below to resolve the issue:
I. at first please move Users Shared Folders to the destination partition

1. Click Start, click Run, and then type Cmd.

2. At a command prompt, type the following, where C is the source
partition and D is the destination partition:

Xcopy C:\"Users Shared Folders" D:\"Users Shared Folders" /e /o /d /h /v
/c>>C:\Copyresults.txt

Note: For an explanation of each parameter, see the table below.
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Command Line Parameters
Parameter Description
C The original location of the Users Shared Folders. The default
location is C:\Users Shared Folders, where C: is the root directory (the
top-level folder or directory on a computer).
D The partition on the disk where you plan to move the Users Shared
Folders.
/e Copies all subdirectories, even if they are empty.
/o Copies file ownership and discretionary access control list (DACL)
information.
/d Copies only those files whose source time is newer than the
destination time.
To copy files changed on or after a specified date, type /d: m-d-y, where
m-d-y is the specified date, in month-day-year format, to begin checking
for file changes.
/h Copies files with hidden and system file attributes. By default, Xcopy
does not copy hidden or system files.
/v Verifies each new file.
/c Ignores errors
>>C:\Copyresults.txt Appends the results of the copy to a file named
Copyresults.txt.
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3. Press ENTER, and then the cursor will pause. Type D for Directory.

4. Using Windows Explorer, open C:\Copyresults.txt and verify if any
errors occurred during the file copy. You can also compare the number and
size of the files that were in the Users folder in the source partition
with the number of files that are in the destination partition.

II. Secondly please share the Users Shared Folders

You must share the Users Shared Folders on the destination partition so
that users can access their individual data folders. The folder must be
shared with the share name of Users or the folder will not be backed up by
the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Backup Wizard. Additionally, if you
share the folder as a name other than Users and have My Documents
Redirection enabled, you will have to reconfigure the share name referenced
by the redirection in the Client Document Redirection task.

1. Click Start, and then click Server Management.

2. In the console tree, click Shares.

3. In the details pane, right-click Users, and then click Stop Sharing.

4. Click Yes when the message appears asking if you are sure you want to
stop sharing the folder.

5. In the details pane, click Add a Shared Folder.

6. In the Share a Folder Wizard, configure your server as follows
a) Folder Path: Browse to the destination Users Shared Folders.
b) Permissions: Click Use custom share and folder permissions, and then
click Customize. The Customize Permissions dialog box appears.
------ With the Everyone group selected, click Remove.
------ Click Add, and add the following groups with the specified
permissions
------ Domain Admins, Full Control
------ Domain Users, Full Control
------ SBS folder Operators, Full Control

IMPORTANT:
If you are using the Windows Small Business Server 2003 Backup Wizard, the
Users Shared Folders will not be backed up if you change the share name
from Users. Additionally, if you change the share name for the Users Shared
Folders and have My Documents Redirections enabled, the My Documents
Redirection will not work unless the Client Document Redirection task is
run using the new share name.

7. Follow the instructions to complete the Share a Folder Wizard.

8. After verifying that all folders and files were copied, you can delete
the original Users Shared Folders. Using Windows Explorer (click Start, and
then click Run, and then type Explorer), browse to and then delete C:\Users
Shared Folders, where C is the drive letter for the source partition.

You can download the Article about Moving Data Folders for Windows Small
Business Server 2003 in following link:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/movedata.mspx


Hope this helps.

Have a nice day!

Best Regards,
Jenny Wu
Microsoft Windows Online Support

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