2. Back up the user's data directory (by default located below the Notes install directory, for example C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes\data).

3. Back up the user's NOTES.INI file (by default located in the Notes install directory, for example C:\Program Files\IBM\Lotus\Notes).

4. Back up any third-party binaries installed in the Notes binary directory. This step is optional if there are no binaries or if it would be easier to reinstall them.

5. Uninstall Notes using the Notes uninstall procedure.

6. Install Notes and when prompted choose a multi-user install.

Note: The Notes-only install kit supports multi-user install; the Allclient install kit does not.

Note: The multi-user install creates a shared data directory under, by default, C:\ProgramData, which contains database templates and other shared data files. This directory is read-only for non-administrative users.

Note: For Windows XP, the default shared data directory path is C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Lotus\Notes\Data\Shared.

7. Start Notes as the current (administrative) user and respond to all setup prompts. After Notes has successfully started, shut down the client to save the NOTES.INI file settings.

8. Merge the old NOTES.INI from the backup with the newly installed NOTES.INI to preserve preferences and activate any third-party code.

9. Merge the old data directory from the backup with the newly installed data directory. The merge will depend on the versions of the Notes single-user install and multi-user install. For example, when upgrading from Notes 8.0.2 to Notes 8.5.1 the names.nsf, localfeedcontent.nsf (if feeds are being used), desktop6.ndk, bookmark.nsf, and entire workspace folder are merged.