Moving C:\AOSService folder to a new folder E:\AOSService (SSD) DynamicsAxBatch service does not start up on new VHD 10.0.17 release

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I have been following the below article for years when we need to speed up the local VHD

https://community.dynamics.com/365/financeandoperations/b/365foroperationstechnical/posts/speed-up-your-development-environment#

When we installed and configured the new VHD release 10.0.17, I was not able to start the DynamicsAxBatch service, Nikolas please help

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André Arnaud de Cal... 303,674 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi Ammar,

Is the Dynamics 365 application itself running normally? Have you looked at Windows event logs for possible more information why the service doesn't start?

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AmmarSalah 61 on at

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Thanks Andre, nothing informative in the event log

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Dean Stegmiller Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi Ammar,

To add onto what Andre said, I just wanted to make sure you were looking in the Dynamics 365 section of Event Viewer and not the standard Windows Logs area. See here, I would expect there to be something within AX-BatchService.

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Please look once again in the event logs, I'm almost sure there's something useful.

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Thank you guys, Nikolas my mistake again I did not notice the second part, only changed the first C:\ to E:\

There was an extra place I've also changed

Thanks for the support again!

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Has anyone tested to SYMLINK the AOSService folder instead of changing registry? This way you can just move/copy the AOSService folder and point the AOSService to another drive and still keep the original path to AOSservice. Have to either rename the original AOSService folder or delete it after copying it to another drive. Powershell: New-Item -Path C:\AOSService -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value <newdriveletter>\AOSService

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Martin Dráb 239,029 Most Valuable Professional on at

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I use symlinks on regular basis, but if you want to discuss it, it'll be better to create a new thread instead of changing the topic of

AmmarSalah's thread.

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