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    HI,

    Is it possible to rename or even delete the default shares created by WHS?
    Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:42 AM

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    Hi,
    renaming is possible, I never tried about deletion.
    It is unsupported, and before you try it, you should move out all data from the share.

    • Login to your home server locally or via Remote Desktop.
    • Click Start/Run and type regedit.
    • In Registry Editor navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Home Server\Storage Manager\Shares.
    • Check the values in the sub keys to find the share, you are interested in.
    • There are two values, which you need to change: ShareName (for the name, the value FriendlyName, which also exists, seems to do nothing if touched solely) and ShareComment (for the description).
    • After altering reboot the server.
    • Now you will have a new shared folder with the properties of the old one (and if I remember correctly, the old one also still exists, but can now be deleted via console).


    I never tested what happens, if you delete an entire key here. But be aware, that removing a share like Software will cause connector installations and updates to fail.
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf

    • Marked as answer by NickoMan Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:09 PM
    Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:32 PM
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    Hi,
    renaming is possible, I never tried about deletion.
    It is unsupported, and before you try it, you should move out all data from the share.

    • Login to your home server locally or via Remote Desktop.
    • Click Start/Run and type regedit.
    • In Registry Editor navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Home Server\Storage Manager\Shares.
    • Check the values in the sub keys to find the share, you are interested in.
    • There are two values, which you need to change: ShareName (for the name, the value FriendlyName, which also exists, seems to do nothing if touched solely) and ShareComment (for the description).
    • After altering reboot the server.
    • Now you will have a new shared folder with the properties of the old one (and if I remember correctly, the old one also still exists, but can now be deleted via console).


    I never tested what happens, if you delete an entire key here. But be aware, that removing a share like Software will cause connector installations and updates to fail.
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf

    • Marked as answer by NickoMan Saturday, February 21, 2009 4:09 PM
    Saturday, February 21, 2009 12:32 PM
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    If you use the streaming media features built into Windows Home Server, you should not rename the Music, Photos, and Videos shares. You should also not rename the Users share, or the Software share (as Olaf has pointed out). That leaves the Public share as possibly being safe to rename.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Proposed as answer by Wim Kreuger Monday, September 17, 2012 11:28 AM
    • Unproposed as answer by Wim Kreuger Monday, September 17, 2012 11:29 AM
    Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:28 PM
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    Hi  Ken,
    I am pretty sure, that renaming the media shares is not dangerous.
    There are properties written within the attributes sub key which seem to determine this stuff (value WMConnect I would assume).
    I have renamed my shares also after migration from English RC to final in German without seeing any bad outcome.
    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf
    Saturday, February 21, 2009 3:19 PM
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    Hello,

    I'm running WHS on an Acer Easystore h340. The unfortunte thing about it is that since I live on Taiwan

    my software is in Chinese. All my shares were named in Chinese, so I was glad to come across this post.

    I followed the steps Olaf discribed to the dot. At first everything seemed fine. I had my folders renamed

    and was able to access them via ftp. However, after the renaming process I'm not able to access my Acer

    via https anymore, nor can I connect to it through the connector software on the client. A remote connect

    still works.

     

    What did I do wrong or better how can I solve the problem?

    Greetings from Taiwan

    Markus

    Tuesday, June 15, 2010 1:39 AM
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    Honestly, I think your best bet is to copy everything out of your server's shares and do a factory reset. This will flatten your server completely, leaving it in "as shipped" state. I doubt that a server recovery will help much; your problem appears to be because you renamed your server's shares, and a recovery will expect them to have the original names.

    You'll find the procedure for a factory reset in your manual.

    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:46 AM
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    Thank you for your quick response.

    Though the answer isn't what I hoped to hear. I just have

    done a complete reset a day ago.

     

     

    I have one more question.

    Is it somehow possible to get a different language installed

    (legally) on the WHS without buying another WHS OS?

     

    Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:07 AM
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    Thank you for your quick response.

    Though the answer isn't what I hoped to hear. I just have

    done a complete reset a day ago.

    I have one more question.

    Is it somehow possible to get a different language installed

    (legally) on the WHS without buying another WHS OS? 

    You would have to buy at least a new OEM license (if not an entirely new server).
    Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:31 AM
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    Thanks for your reply.

    Buying a new server isn't really necessary.

    Some additional hardware is needed, though.

    A completely new setup of the easystore h340

    would be then possible.

     

    I'm almost done with another factory reset and

    guess I'm gonna use the Chinese version.

     

    Tuesday, June 15, 2010 4:48 AM
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    Hi Markus,

    did you touch the Software share? This contains some stuff, which is critical for WHS. Or did you alter something in Internet Information Server? (since you mention FTP)

    This could be a possible reason, why you experience, what you experience. And, since the thread is rather old, something could have been changed as result of an WHS update/PowerPack.

    Best greetings from Germany
    Olaf

    Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:31 PM
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    Nein, ander Software habe ich nichts veraendert. Ich war "lediglich den Schritten zur Umbennenung der Shares gefolgt da diese, da ich das chineseische WHS OS installiert habe, gerne in deutsch haette.

    Nach der Umbenneung funktioniert komischerweise der FTP Dienst aber diverse andere Optionen ncht mehr wie schon in meinem Post beschrieben.

    Habe den Server auch schon wieder wiederhergestellt mit beiliegender Software. FTP funktioniert

    immernoch nicht. Die Verbindung ueber meinen Browser jedoch schon. Werds wohl erstmal dabei belassen.

    Hatte zuvor dieses Procedere ins Auge gefasst

    http://jerret.de/informationstechnik/grafikkarte-fuer-acer-aspire-easystore-h340.html

    jedoch bekomme ich hier noch so einfach die entsrechende Graka.

     

    Markus

    Thursday, June 17, 2010 5:03 AM
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    Aeltere asiatische Betriebssystemversionen sind immer ein wenig heikel, da sie nicht mit Standardzeichensatz arbeiten. (Das geht schon damit los, dass sie deutsche Sonderzeichen so gar nicht mögen.)

    Von daher kann eine Umbenennung schon die eine oder andere unerwartete Nebenwirkung hervorrufen.

    Viele Gruesse
    Olaf

    Thursday, June 17, 2010 9:59 PM
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    If you use the streaming media features built into Windows Home Server, you should not rename the Music, Photos, and Videos shares. You should also not rename the Users share, or the Software share (as Olaf has pointed out). That leaves the Public share as possibly being safe to rename.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)

    That maybe so Ken but the translation from English, or better American I suppose, has left me with a challenge..:-\

    One of the user shares is called Videos in English, but in Dutch that turns out to be Video's. Grammatically correct, but try to mount that on a Linux device...

    So do you, or anyone, have a usable solution for this challenge?

    Regards,

    Wim

    Regards, Wim

    Monday, September 17, 2012 11:33 AM