Manually Moving Files to a New Location

The default Backup and/or File Storage locations can be changed to a designated location of your choice. These locations can be changed from the Admin Console or the Backup and Files tab of the Preferences dialog box.

It is important to understand that backups/files created prior to the change will not be moved to the new location automatically. If you want previously existing backups to be stored in the newly designated location, the files must be moved manually. The instructions below will guide you through this process.

To manually move your existing backups/files to a newly designated location:

After the new location has been applied, close ATX and navigate to the ATX 20XX Server folder.

Default location is X:\ProgramData\CCH Small Firm Services\ATX 20XX Server.

Existing Backup files are stored in the ATX 20XX Backup folder. Existing Data files are located in the ATX 20XX Files folder.

Open the ATX 20XX Backup folder or the ATX 20XX Files folder, depending on which files are being moved.

Do not copy/move the entire folder.

Press Ctrl+A to select all files within the open folder, and then press Ctrl+C to copy all selected files.
Browse to the newly designated location and open the ATX 20XX Backup folder or the ATX 20XX Files folder, depending on which files are being moved.
Press Ctrl+V to paste the copied files into the open folder.

Do not copy or remove the DataStore folder from the ATX 20XX Server folder. Doing so will result in undesirable conditions/behavior in ATX.