How to change Jenkins default folder on Windows?

Question

How to change Jenkins default folder on Windows where Jenkins runs as Windows service. I want to change C:\\Users\\Coola\\.jenkins folder to d:\\Jenkins<

Answer 1

Apparently, grams' answer works but is not preferred. In Windows software and data/configuration files are supposed to reside in different places. This should be well known to Unix guys, it is basically like having a home directory. However, the wording with regard to JENKINS_HOME is broken anyways as setting an environment variable does not help despite what is being said in the help text.

I used the procedure that is described here: http://tech.nitoyon.com/en/blog/2014/02/25/jenkins-home-win/

Basically:

1. Stop Jenkins service
2. Edit entry in jenkins.xml in the Jenkins installation directory. This will be something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Jenkins. In your case value has to be set to d:\Jenkins

3. Move Files from the installation directory to the new destination, d:\Jenkins, all except (some of them may not exist in a fresh installation)

   • jre folder
   • jenkins.err.log
   • jenkins.exe
   • jenkins.exe.config
   • jenkins.out.log
   • jenkins.war
   • jenkins.war.bak
   • jenkins.war.tmp
   • jenkins.wrapper.log

   • jenkins.xml

     4. Restart the service again.