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Run monerod Windows Server 2016 Install Service with Custom Path Running on a Windows server it may be preferable to store the monero database on a faster drive - moving it off the operating system drive. To run as a service you'll need to specify the new disk location but this is not simple to specify in the service. Create your new disk and assign drive letter - formatted as ReFS with 64k cluster size. Stop the monerod daemon Copy files from c:\programdata\bitmonero to the new location d:\bitmonero - no spaces in the folder path Rename the old folder c:\programdata\bitmonero - for safety Create a symbolic link from the original default path to the new location. Open Administrative cmd.exe mklink /D "C:\ProgramData\bitmonero" "d:\monerodir" Now install the service Open Administrative cmd.exe CD to the monerod.exe program folder Run monerod --install-service (this took a few minutes to install) Open Services.Msc - set service to automatic...

Freshdesk to Sharepoint with Powershell - Part 1 Sharepoint provides a simple way to create multiple views of data for different purposes using lists. Freshdesk contains our open ticket data with a display that is not always optimal for managing tickets and agents. This set of scripts updates a familiar Sharepoint list with the Freshdesk open ticket information. Sharepoint is used to view and share information in a simple readable form. The list is updated each 5-minutes providing a near real-time view of ticket information. Once setup, the Sharepoint list can be modified to create the simple views of tickets by Customer, by Engineer, By Call Type, By Logged time. Updates to the data are made with a hyperlink back to the actual Freshdesk ticket for updating with new information as needed.   The scripting comes in two parts for simplicity.  Part one downloads all open tickets to a .csv file used for Sharepoint input. Part two updates the Sharepoint list ...