set default location sql database

miguelgfierro · Mar 26, 2017 · 7d9ee15 · 7d9ee15
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+--
+-- Script to change the default locations to save the database files
+--
+
+USE [master]
+GO
+
+-- Change default location for data files
+EXEC   xp_instance_regwrite
+       N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',
+       N'Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer',
+       N'DefaultData',
+       REG_SZ,
+       N'E:\mssql_databases'
+GO
+
+-- Change default location for log files
+EXEC   xp_instance_regwrite
+       N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',
+       N'Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer',
+       N'DefaultLog',
+       REG_SZ,
+       N'E:\mssql_databases\logs'
+GO
+
+-- Change default location for backups
+EXEC   xp_instance_regwrite
+       N'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE',
+       N'Software\Microsoft\MSSQLServer\MSSQLServer',
+       N'BackupDirectory',
+       REG_SZ,
+       N'E:\mssql_databases\backup'
+GO