Difference between revisions of "Change Mailbox Folder location"

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MailStore Gateway stores its data and configuration files in C:\ProgramData\MailStore\Gateway. To change that location, that folder and all of its content has to be moved to the desired location and a symbolic link has to be created which points to the new location.

Start the MailStore Gateway Config Tool by clicking on the desktop shortcut MailStore Gateway.
Stop the Gateway service by clicking Stop Service.
Move the folder C:\ProgramData\MailStore\Gateway and all of its content to your desired location. We will use D:\Gateway as an example.
Open an elevated command prompt (cmd).
Navigate into C:\ProgamData\MailStore.
Execute the following command to create a symbolic directory link:

mklink /D Gateway D:\Gateway

After the command is ran successfully, when you go back into the C:\ProgramData\MailStore directory, you will now see a shortcut, which can be used to verify that the move process completed successfully.

Restart the Gateway service by returning to the MailStore Gateway Config Tool and clicking Start Service.

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-== Change Mailbox Folder location ==
+MailStore Gateway stores its data and configuration files in ''C:\ProgramData\MailStore\Gateway''. To change that location, that folder and all of its content has to be moved to the desired location and a symbolic link has to be created which points to the new location.
-* Stop the Gateway service by clicking on the desktop shortcut "MailStore Gateway" and then click "Stop Service"
-* Move the folder "C:\ProgramData\MailStore\Gateway" to your desired location.
+* Start the MailStore Gateway Config Tool by clicking on the desktop shortcut ''MailStore Gateway''.
+* Stop the Gateway service by clicking ''Stop Service''.
+* Move the folder ''C:\ProgramData\MailStore\Gateway'' and all of its content to your desired location. We will use ''D:\Gateway'' as an example.
 * Open an elevated command prompt (cmd).
-* Navigate into "C:\ProgamData\MailStore"
+* Navigate into ''C:\ProgamData\MailStore''.
-* Execute the command:
+* Execute the following command to create a symbolic directory link:
-mklink /D Gateway <full_path_where_you_moved_the_folder_to>
+ mklink /D Gateway D:\Gateway
-* Restart the Gateway service by clicking on the desktop shortcut "MailStore Gateway" and then click "Start Service"
-In our example below, we moved the "Gateway" folder to the "C:\TestDirectory" folder. Remember, you can move the Gateway folder to any local drive on the server.
+: [[File:MailStore Gateway Command Prompt.png|center|350px]]
-: [[File:MailStore Gateway Command Prompt.png|center|350px]]
+* After the command is ran successfully, when you go back into the ''C:\ProgramData\MailStore'' directory, you will now see a shortcut, which can be used to verify that the move process completed successfully.
-* After the command is ran successfully in the command prompt and the symbollic link is created, when you go back into the "C:\ProgramData\MailStore" directory, you will now see a shortcut which indicates that the move process was completed successfully. Please refer to the picture below.
+: [[File:MailStore_Gateway_Symbolic_link.png|center|350px]]
+* Restart the Gateway service by returning to the MailStore Gateway Config Tool and clicking ''Start Service''.
-: [[File:MailStore Gateway Symbolic link.png|center|350px]]
+[[de:Ändern_des_Speicherorts]]
+[[en:Change_Mailbox_Folder_location]]