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Change the watchfolder location

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Moving the Watch Folder on the same instance

To do this you will need to update the Watch folder configuration within the ADM client.

  1. Locate the ADM Network service running on your network, and log onto that machine

  2. Browse to the folder that you wish to make the new Watch folder within Windows Explorer

  3. Make a note of/copy the address of the folder location.

  4. Open ADM Client as an administrator

  5. Go to System Control, Watch Folders

  6. Double click the Watch folder you wish to amend.

  7. Paste/Write the location you made note of/copied earlier into the Watched Folder Path

  8. Click OK

As a side note make sure that the windows user that the ADM network service is running as has full permissions the new watch folder



Moving the Watch Folder to a new instance

If you are moving the ADM Watch Folder to a brand new server, you will need to install the ADM Client and the ADM Network Service on this new server location. Please ensure that the ADM Network Service will have full permissions to this new watch folder location before proceeding.
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  1. Open ADM Client as an administrator

  2. Go to System Control, Watch Folders

  3. Double click the Watch folder you wish to amend.

  4. Write the new location into the Watched Folder Path

  5. Click OK

  6. Open the ADM Network Services Configuration Tool

  7. Log in to the tool

  8. Press the Stop Network Service button

  9. Press the Update Configuration button

  10. Press the Start Network Service button and Press Exit

The new folder should now start processing.

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