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.

Table 1. Default and Suggested Windows™ Single-user Directories for Notes® Install
Directory	Description
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

Table 2. Default and Suggested Windows™ XP Multi-user Directories for Notes® Install
Directory	Description
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

Table 3. Default and Suggested Windows™ Vista Multi-user Directories for Notes® install
Directory	Description
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.

Table 4. Default and Suggested 64-bit Windows™ 7 and 8 Directories for Notes® Install
Header	Header
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.