Changing default directory

Sometimes it is necessary to change the default directory of an application, e.g. when there are limitations to Profile Storage Space on your Windows machine.

Application	Configuration location	Details
Maven	<user directory>/.m2/settings.xml	Change where local repository is stored, e.g. <localRepository>C:\_LOCALdata\m2\repository</localRepository>
Jetty		You can change where WAR files are extracted to, e.g. by simply creating a directory named "work" in your Jetty distribution
Nexus	<Nexus web app directory>/webapp/WEB-INF/plexus.properties	Edit file and change the property "nexus-work"
Hudson	<Jetty directory>/etc/jetty.xml	According to Administering Hudson, you can add a HUDSON_HOME environment variable and re-start Jetty, but this didn't work for me.  However the second option did work, add e.g.:     <Call class="java.lang.System" name="setProperty">         <Arg>HUDSON_HOME</Arg>         <Arg>C:/_LOCALdata/SERVICES/hudson-home</Arg>     </Call>