Note: This applies to the DocuShare Windows Client version 6.0.4 and higher.
To manually change the WIP Folder on the DocuShare Windows client the Administrative Installation tool must be used. The administrative installation UI provides a wizard that you use to specify the Client installation options.
Prerequisite:
• Must have a copy of the DSClient.msi downloaded and extracted.
To use the administrative installation UI:
Note: You must be a Windows Administrator to perform this solution.
1. Uninstall the DocuShare Client via Add and Remove Programs.
2. Click Start | Run and enter msiexec /a > and click OK.
Note: The command may not work if the path contains a space in the directory name.
3. In the DocuShare Client Setup Wizard window, click Next.
4. In the Administrative Customization window, specify the location of the DocuShare work folder (WIP Folder) in the Enter the path of an alternate base folder to hold ‘DocuShare’ work folder. (leave the field blank to use the default ‘my Documents’ folder)
Note: When entering an alternative base folder, ensure that the folder exists on the drive before a user runs the customized Client installer. Also ensure that a personal folder is created in this base folder for each user of the system. The name of a personal folder must be identical to the username of each Windows user on the system.
If the personal folder does not exist, the Client will try to create it in the alternate base folder for the user the next time the user logs into Windows. The Client will not change the file system permission settings of the personal folder. An administrator must make sure that the personal folder has permission settings appropriate for making the folder available only to the user for whom the folder is made personal.
5. Select options to install in the Pre-select installable features field.
Note: When specifying options to install separate by plus signs. Example WIN+IE+MS01
Available features include:
o Windows Client WIN
o Outlook Client OLMAPI
o PaperPort Link PPL
o IE Integration IE
o MS Office 2003 Addins MS01
o MS Office 2007 Addins MS02
o MS Office 2010 Addins MS03
6. Click Next.
7. In the DocuShare Server Information window, specify the server information and then click Next.
a. Server address—the fully qualified URL of the DocuShare server that will be mapped for each user
Note: If an administrative server map is to be created, the address field cannot be empty; the domain field can be empty.
b. Domain—The Client uses the default domain name DocuShare.
c. Prompt each Windows user for DocuShare user name–Do one of the following:
o Uncheck the box if the Windows logon username is identical to the DocuShare username for all users. The Client use the user's Windows logon username as the DocuShare username.
o Check the box if the Client is to create a server map using the Windows logon username. The Client will allow the user to enter a username when it runs a DocuShare user logon dialog the first time the server map is used to open a server folder in My DocuShare Places.
Note: If a proxy server is needed to establish a network connection to the DocuShare server, the Client runtime will automatically adopt current proxy server settings from IE's configuration. The Client will not create an administrative server map for a user if any server map has already been defined in the system registry for the user, even if it is a map carried over from a previous Client installation.
Conversely, if the system registry does not define any server map because a user has deliberately deleted a registry key associated with Client server maps, the Client will create an administrative server map if one had been defined.
8. In the Add Custom Logon Support window, enter the Logon method name, Logon method label, and Logon control data. (Optional). Then click Next.
Note: The supported method names include CAC_PKI. Check with DocuShare support for a complete list. Leave this blank if no custom support is needed.
9. In the Network Location window, enter the location where the customized product installer image will be stored. Any UNC network path may be used to designate the location if it is on a network share. Then click Next.
10. In the Ready to Install window, click Install. The installation status window displays.
11. When the Install Completion window displays, click Finish to exit the installer.
12. Double-click the dsclient.msi icon to launch the customized installer that points to the new WIP path.
Solution Updated: August 9, 2016
Solution ID: 612