title: Database Custom Path Windows sidebar_label: Custom Path Windows description: Configure custom database location and smallfiles operation for ChangeTracker on Windows systems with database path modification procedures.
Windows
To change the DB location or to switch to ‘smallfiles’ operation, do the following:
Step 1 – Stop the IIS Web server using command line iisreset /stop or use the IIS Management Console, or Windows Services Console.
Step 2 – Stop the Mongo DB service using the Windows Services Console.
Step 3 – Edit the mongod.conf file located in C:\Program Files\NNT Change Tracker™ Suite\Gen7\MongoDB\conf
Step 4 – Edit the parameters for dbpath
to change the location for DB files. If you prefer to
invoke ‘smallfiles’ operation then add the config line as below.
- Then start the Mongod service, followed by an
iisreset /start
.