When you run the Setup program to perform an automated installation of the optional backward-compatible document libraries component, you may want to change the location of the Web Storage System. This article describes how to change the location where the Web Storage System is installed.

By default, when you install the optional component for backward-compatible document libraries on a server that is running Microsoft SharePoint Portal Server 2003, the Web Storage System is installed in the following folder:Microsoft recommends that you install the Web Storage System to the default location. However, if you want to change the location where the Web Storage System is installed in an automated installation, you can edit the .ini file to specify the location that you want. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start Notepad, and then open the appropriate .ini file.
2. Locate the section that starts with the following line:
   [gfn_mid microsoft web storage system]
3. In the section that you located in step 2, locate the following line:
   InstallDirectory=C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Storage System
   Important Make sure that you identify the correct line in the correct section. There are other lines in the .ini file that look similar to this line.
4. Change the path in the line that you located in step 3 to specify the location that you want. The location must meet the following criteria:
   • The path must be located on a partition that is formatted with the NTFS file system.
   • You cannot specify the root of a hard disk as the new path. For example, you cannot use F:\.
   • The path can contain only characters in the lower ASCII range. You cannot use characters in the higher ASCII range, and you cannot use double-byte character set (DBCS) characters.
   • The path can contain a maximum of 65 characters.
5. Save the .ini file, and then quit Notepad.

For more information about how to manage backward-compatible document libraries in SharePoint Portal Server 2003, see the "Managing Document Libraries" topic of the "Administration" chapter of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administrator's Guide. The Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 Administrator's Guide (Administrator's Help.chm) is located in the Docs folder in the root of the SharePoint Portal Server 2003 CD.

For more information about SharePoint Portal Server 2003, visit the following Microsoft Web site: