Design update of names, desktop, and bookmark following installation of 8.5.x

HCL Notes/Domino 8.5 Forum (includes Notes Traveler)

Subject:

I've been doing lots of testing upgrading from 6.5.4 to 8.5.x and I've had mixed results with the migration of the names, bookmarks, and desktop files following the first startup of the notes client following it's installation. Sometimes the bookmark and desktop converts correctly to the new template but the names does not. Could someone please explain this process in more detail and suggest a best practice for this? We're going from a single user to a multi user installation. We uninstall the 6.5.4 client before installing the new 8.5.x client.

We'd also like to keep the old notes.ini to keep as much of the configuration as possible. I know that we have to change the Directory line and add the SharedDataDirectory line for it to work as a multi user installation. Is there anything else that needs to be modified in the notes.ini for 8.5.x or will the client take care of that on it's own?

Thanks!

Feedback response number WEBB89QQ86 created by ~Dean Chutumiettu on 09/28/2010