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theceo

Not sure what you're "agreeing" with...

But if it's the first statement made by subjunk - it will only work with a manual start of UMS using the start menu item for selecting a profile and then navigating to the correct location to choose it. But when using the default installation of UMS ...

I agree! No problem.
May help for it to be easier in the future sometime!

Thanks for your posts.

Thanks for you response.
I was able to "fix" it.

Not sure if it is the "correct" way but it seems to be working.

Within the Application Menu there are a number of options but these two were the initial focus...
1) Universal Media Server
2) Universal Media Server (Select Profile)

From setup UMS ...

Well - since moving the files and using the Start menu option to select new profile location, UMS keeps rebuilding it's database in the original HDD-C path (C:\ProgramData\UMS). In the startup info it does show the correct "new" path for the .conf file.

The change does not seem to stick and the ...

Hi SubJunk,

Not what I would call "intuitive" LOL.
But thanks!

I changed the location with a new profile.
Also, new DB is only 500 MB, not 12,000 MB.
I'm sure it will grow over time - but that will be OK in its new "home".

Only issue...
Lots of 503 errors as it tried (failed) to get album ...

I did a quick search and checked in app as well but could not find anything on this...

Is there a way to relocate the UMS Database?
It is currently consuming almost 13GB on the system drive and I'd like to relocate it to free up space.

Thanks!!