" Folders" created on system drive after reinstall of WSEE

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After days of arm wrestling with Server 2022 for sufficient Admin Privileges , I’ve been able to reinstall WSEE.

All of my “folders” were/are on drives/disks separate from the OS disk.

When the “new” install of WSEE finished, I rec’d a message that client/server folders were on the system drive.

Using File Explorer, I can see that My Folders are still intact on  their respective drives/disks.

I am not an IT professional, just a Hobbyist ,that perhaps knows enough to get in over my head at times.

So after all that, the question is how to safely “point” WSEE towards my existing folders, without losing data.

Thanks for any suggestions you can offer.

Eoin

Remiskeet

WSEE Installer / WSEE Updater
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After verifying that there is no data whatsoever in the Server Folders on the system drive, you should be able to just delete them. After that start up the WSEE Dashboard and go to the storage tab. You should see complaints that the server folders are missing. The dashboard wizard should allow you to recreate the folders and point them at their locations on other drives with your existing data in place. You may have to recreate any custom shares that you previously had that aren’t setup by default (anything that’s not Company, File History Backups, Folder Redirection, Client Computer Backups, Users)

This method has worked for me numerous times over the years after doing a fresh install, migrating to another server, etc, but as always YMMV, so be cautious and preferably have a backup of anything important.

Another thing to note, if it’s just a matter of reinstalling WSEE on the same server after removing it without doing a fresh install of Windows itself, then things should (hopefully) be fairly smooth.

If you did a fresh install of the OS and created a new Domain, etc. then you might have to wrestle with NTFS permissions, along with recreating user accounts, etc. The Client Computer Backups should be visible, but they’ll likely show as Archived since you’ll have to remove client PC’s from the old domain, and rejoin them to the new one. There is also a tool from ForensIT I have used several times to in-place migrate user accounts on client pc’s to the new domain without having to create a fresh profile and losing all of the settings.

Not sure what your exact situation is with reinstalling, but I figured I would give some extra info that might be helpful. Maybe Mike can chime in on this too.

  • Mike
    Great answer! Much appreciated. ;- )
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Thanks homeserverdude, for your super detailed response.

Due to working fulltime and caring of  a 68 year year old following hip replacement surgery,at night, I haven’t had the chance to get back to the server…or your post.

I hope to get to the server today. Again , thanks so much for your response.

Eoin Remiskeet 🙂

  • Remiskeet
    Hello homeserverdude. I backed up my existing folders to an external drive and then deleted the newly created folders from the system drive. After that, the Folder Wizard “accepted” the pre existing folders. WSEE is presently restoring a client pc, so it appears all is well. Thanks again for your assistance. Eoin, Remiskeet
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