Section 1: Change at Server or Standalone Computer
- Open Sage 50 and make a backup of each company. Refer to How do I create a backup?.
- Close Sage.
- Open Control Panel, and then select Programs and Features.
- Uninstall Sage.
- Reinstall Sage selecting the new data location during the Installation Wizard.
- Open Sage and restore each backup from Step 1 into a new company. See How to restore a backup.
Section 2: Change at Workstations with mapped drive
Note: If you are using Sage 50US version 2021 or higher skip to Section 3 to use a UNC path rather than a mapped drive.
These steps assume the new network drive has already been mapped; if you have not yet mapped the network drive, see How to map a network drive.
- Close Sage
- Note the path to the new data location
- Open Computer and browse to C:\ProgramData\Sage\Peachtree
- Open the configuration file for your version (using Notepad, if prompted to select a program):
- Release 2023: Peachtree300.ini
- Release 2022: Peachtree290.ini
- Release 2021: Peachtree280.ini
- Release 2020: Peachtree270.ini
- Edit the line beginning DATAPATH= to use your new data location (for example, change it from DATAPATH=P:\Company\ to DATAPATH=N:\Peachtree\Company\)
- Select File, and then click Save
- Close Notepad
- Open Sage and verify the data can be accessed
Section 3: Change at Workstations with UNC path
Note: These steps will only work on 2021 version or above.
- Close Sage
- Note the UNC path to the new data location
- Open Computer and browse to C:\ProgramData\Sage\Peachtree
- Open the configuration file for your version (using Notepad, if prompted to select a program):
- Release 2023: Peachtree300.ini
- Release 2022: Peachtree290.ini
- Release 2021: Peachtree280.ini
- Edit the line beginning DATAPATH= to use your new data location (for example, change it to DATAPATH=\\SERVERNAME\Peachtree\Company\ if the server's name was SERVERNAME with a share name of Peachtree)
- Select File, and then click Save
- Close Notepad
- Open Sage and verify the data can be accessed