Re: $UserBaseDirectory
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg83094] Re: $UserBaseDirectory
- From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:44:49 -0500 (EST)
- Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
- References: <fh1c6v$bt5$1@smc.vnet.net>
thomas wrote: > I wold like to change the default location of the $UserBaseDirectory. > All I can find in the documentation and in the forum is that I need to > set the environmental variable MATHEMATICA_USERBASE upon startup, but > it doesn't say anywhere how to do that. > > What - explicitly - do I have to do? > > Let's say, I want to set $UserBaseDirectory to C:\MyMathDirectory. > > If I am successful, do I need to copy the directory structure from the > old directory to the new one in order for Mathematica to run smoothly > afterwards? > > Windows XP Professional > Mathematica 6.0.1 The following document(s) should tell you all. "Setting environment variables" from the _Windows XP Professional Product Documentation_ -> _Performance and maintenance_, available at http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/environment_variables.mspx?mfr=true (Note that the procedure is not specific to Mathematica but applies to a wide range of applications installed on Windows.) Regards, -- Jean-Marc