Notes® installation directories for Windows™
Recommended and default IBM® Notes® installation and upgrade directories on a Microsoft™ Windows™ system are as follows.
Note: If Notes® is
currently installed, the default path is the current Notes® installation path. When you install Notes® single user on a system
on which Notes® 6.5 or 7.x
is already installed, the traditional Notes® portion
of the product is upgraded and installed to the same directory in
which the existing Notes® install
binaries currently reside, for example C:\IBM\Notes.
The Notes® data directory is
assumed to be the directory where the existing Notes® install data files exist, for example C:\IBM\Notes\data.
Additional IBM® Lotus® Expeditor framework files are installed
to a \framework subdirectory, for example C:\IBM\Notes\framework.
Directory | Description |
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C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes | Notes® product and binary files installation directory |
C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\data | Notes® single-user data files installation directory |
C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\data\workspace | Notes® single-user workspace directory |
C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\framework | Recommended Notes® Java™ code installation directory |
Directory | Description |
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C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes | Notes® multi-user default binary files installation directory |
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\IBM\Notes\data | Notes® data files installation directory for each user |
C:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\IBM\Notes\Data\workspace | Notes® workspace directory for each user |
C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\framework | Notes® Java™ code installation directory |
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Notes\Data | Shared data directory |
Directory | Description |
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C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes | Notes® multi-user default binary files installation directory |
C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\data | Notes® multi-user shared resources and templates installation directory |
C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\IBM\Notes\data | Notes® multi-user default data installation directory |
C:\Users\user name\AppData\Local\IBM\Notes\data\workspace | Notes® multi-user workspace directory for each user |
C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\framework | Notes® Java™ code installation directory |
Note: On a Windows™ system
in which an existing Notes® installation
is detected (6.5.x, 7x, or 8.x), the existing installation directories
will be reused.
Header | Header |
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C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes | Default program directory |
C:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Notes\data | Default data directory for single user install |
C:\Users\username\App Data\Local\IBM\Notes\data | Default data directory for multi-user install |
Note: As a 32-bt application, Notes® must
be installed to C:\Program Files (x86)\... or
another directory name such as C:\IBM\Notes;
it cannot be installed to C:\Program Files. This
is a requirement of the 64-bit Windows™ 7
and 8 operating systems. Instead of trying to install to C:\Program
Files\IBM\Notes and C:\Program Files\IBM\Notes\data,
install to C:\IBM\Notes and C:\IBM\Notes\data (not
placing it in any particular Program directory). All files will install
correctly to this Notes® folder.