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How To Change Where User Shared Folders Will Be Created

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How To Change Where User Shared Folders Will Be Created

by  markdmac  Posted    (Edited  )
When using the SBS Console to create a user, by default the system will create a user folder on the C Drive. In order to prevent filling the system drive with user data, it is a good practice to move the folders to the data partition.

You can easily modify where the folders will be created by modifying the registry keys under:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SmallBusinessServer\Storage

There you will find 4 keys representing to shared locations. The first is the Redirected Folder location.

FRRootPath: This is the physical path where the redirected folders will be created.

FRShareName: This is the share name assigned to the FRRootPath path.

SharedRootName: This is the physical path where the users data folders will be created.

SharedRootPath: This is the share name assigned to the SharedRootName path.

Note that the physical paths should NOT end with a backslash.


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