In new (clean) installs of R5, the Setup program places the NOTES.INI file in the following locations:
| Operating System | NOTES.INI location |
| Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT (Intel) | Notes program directory (for example, c:\lotus\notes) |
| UNIX | Domino data directory |
| Partitioned servers | Domino data directory of each server |
| Shared installation | Windows system directory (for example, c:\winnt) |