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# How To Change the Data Directory Location

Article ID: 123471

Article Last Modified on 6/29/2004

APPLIES TO

- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 4.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2.0
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.01
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.02
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 3.04
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 2005 Standard Edition
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe
- Microsoft SourceSafe

This article was previously published under Q123471

## SUMMARY

To move the SourceSafe data directory to a location different from the SourceSafe location, follow these steps:

1. Copy the DATA directory to the new directory.
   IMPORTANT: Make sure you copy all subdirectories even if they are empty. SourceSafe will not work correctly if they are not present. SourceSafe users must have FULL rights in the target directory.
   To reduce confusion, you may want to delete the old directory once you have successfully copied the DATA directory to its new location.
2. Edit the SRCSAFE.INI file using any text editor. Change this line:

             Data_Path = data

   to this line:

             Data_Path = <new path>\data_dir

   NOTE: This variable must be defined in the SRCSAFE.INI for version 3.x or later and in the SYSTEM.INI for version 2.x.

## REFERENCES

See "SourceSafe Concepts and Configuration" Manual for version 3.x, p.154.

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