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# Redirecting Paths

#### One of the best uses of OSDBuilder Settings is to redirect paths.  In this example I have two OSDBuilder Home directories for keeping Development and Production separate.  The issue with this is the duplicated work.  For example I need to import identical Operating Systems, and download identical Updates.  Keeping some things in sync can be quite a challenge

![](https://1642863114-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LmIIKLDn2u7Sp5DGyF2%2F-Lu63zZPZ4KJ0BlNAoni%2F-Lu68jnGPqhjoTfQsfBR%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=21954477-0d03-490a-a5e5-9e972d8ac6e4)

## Global OSDBuilder.json

#### In this case, I can choose which directories to redirect and add them to a JSON file and save it in %ProgramData%\OSDeploy\OSDBuilder.json

{% code title="%ProgramData%\OSDeploy\OSDBuilder.json" %}

```
{
    "PathContent":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\Content",
    "PathContentPacks":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\ContentPacks",
    "PathFeatureUpdates":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\FeatureUpdates",
    "PathMount":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\Mount",
    "PathOSImport":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\OSImport",
    "PathOSMedia":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\OSMedia",
    "PathUpdates":  "C:\\OSDBuilder\\Shared\\Updates"
}
```

{% endcode %}

#### Close all open PowerShell sessions to clear everything, or just reinitialize OSDBuilder

```
OSDBuilder -Initialize -Verbose
```

#### If everything worked right, Verbose will display any added settings

![](https://1642863114-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LmIIKLDn2u7Sp5DGyF2%2F-Lu63zZPZ4KJ0BlNAoni%2F-Lu6AH3hSIX2akgbKTe1%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=f86ff67b-9676-4043-97ea-d85ed122a84e)

#### I can then move and merge the shared Directories

![](https://1642863114-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LmIIKLDn2u7Sp5DGyF2%2F-Lu63zZPZ4KJ0BlNAoni%2F-Lu6B0wnWu5cC8eK_0RY%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=81d6d695-93f1-4c79-84d9-9ea996869791)

#### Since things were set in a Global file, any new OSDBuilder Home will also inherit these settings