Use this procedure to upgrade a single user install to a higher version multi-user install and also move the user's data directory and other content to new install directories.

1. Log in as an administrative user or user with elevated privileges.

2. Back up the user’s data directory (by default located below the Notes install directory, for example C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\data).

3. Back up the user’s NOTES.INI file (by default located in the Notes install directory, for example C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes).

4. Back up any third-party binaries installed in the Notes binary directory. This step is optional if there are no binaries or if it would be easier to reinstall them.

5. Uninstall Notes using the Notes uninstall procedure.

6. Install Notes and when prompted choose a multi-user install.

Note The Notes-only install kit supports multi-user install; the Allclient install kit does not.

Note The multi-user install creates a shared data directory under, by default, C:\ProgramData, which contains database templates and other shared data files. This directory is read-only for non-administrative users.

8. Merge the old NOTES.INI from the backup with the newly installed NOTES.INI to preserve preferences and activate any third-party code.

9. Merge the old data directory from the backup with the newly installed data directory. The merge will depend on the versions of the Notes single-user install and multi-user install.

10. Exit Notes and log in as a non-administrative user.

11. Start Notes.

Related topics

Considerations before installing Notes on Windows
Notes installation directories for Windows
Windows Vista considerations for Notes install, upgrade, and uninstall
Installing and upgrading Notes for a single user
Installing and upgrading Notes on Windows for multi-user

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