### Select Workspace

To specify the location for your Guardian Workspace, you must restart Guardian and specify a new location in the Select Workspace dialog box during startup.

WARNING: | To prevent loss of work when Guardian is updated or uninstalled, your Workspace directory must be located outside of the Guardian installation directory. You can safely back up your Workspace data by exporting your Workspace to a file also located outside of your Guardian Installation directory. For instructions, see Export Workspace on page 42.

To select a Guardian Workspace when starting Guardian, do the following:

1. Start Guardian.

Guardian first displays the initial splash screen while loading, and then displays the Select Workspace dialog box.

2. Click Browse.

This opens the Browse For Folder dialog.

3. Select or create the folder (directory) to use as your Workspace folder.

Caution: | Make sure this directory is not located within the Guardian installation directory.

To use an existing folder: Browse to the folder location and select the folder.

To create a new folder:

1. Click Make New Folder.
2. Select the location for the folder.
3. Enter the name of the folder

4. Click OK.

This creates or selects the file and returns to the Select Workspace dialog box.

5. (Optional) Specify this as the default Workspace.

If you do not want to select the Workspace each time you start Guardian, select the checkbox for Use this as the default workspace and do not ask again.

To change this setting at a later time, do the following:

1. Select Window > Preferences... to open the Preferences configuration page.
2. In the Preferences tree on the left, select Guardian.
3. Select the Prompt for workspace on startup checkbox.
4. Click OK.

The Select Workspace dialog box will be displayed the next time you start Guardian.

6. Click Finish.

Guardian loads the selected Workspace and completes the startup procedure.