Hi,

On 8 Dec 2015 at 17:51:05, britincanada 
([email protected](mailto:[email protected])) wrote:

> Hi,
>  
> I am trying to get to grips with xWiki. I have installed the windows version
> and would like to change the directory location of the database & support
> files.
>  
> http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Configuration - this
> page tells me that I can change the location used in
> environment.permanentDirectory.
>  
> I have tried changing this to
>  
> environment.permanentDirectory=C:/xwikiFiles/
>  
> and also
>  
> environment.permanentDirectory=C:\xwikiFiles\
>  
> Neither have any affect; the %APPDATA% folder keeps getting used.
>  
> I see in the properties file that "Note if the system property
> xwiki.data.dir is set then this property is not used.”

Yes that’s the important point in your case :)

> How can i check if xwiki.data.dir is set? or what do i change so i can
> change the data location of an install?

It seems you’ve installed the jetty/hsqldb distribution (either as a zip or 
using the windows EXE installer).

In this distribution XWiki is started using start_xwiki.bat. If you edit this 
file you’ll see that it sets the data dir as a system property.

You could for example comment that line so that the value you define in 
xwiki.properties takes effect.

Hope it helps,
Thanks
-Vincent

PS: If this is for production I recommend using the WAR distribution and 
setting up your own DB. See 
http://platform.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/AdminGuide/Installation#HUsing.warpackage28usableforproduction29

> Thanks in advance

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