change the default data directory

From: User Map <map(dot)user(at)yahoo(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: change the default data directory
Date: 2008-01-24 11:20:12
Message-ID: 937076.15275.qm@web45705.mail.sp1.yahoo.com
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hi,
i am new to this postgre, i m running postgre under windows server 2003. postgres stores the database/data in the directory "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\8.2\data" by default. i want to change this directory to some other drive. is it posible to do this without comand prompt. if it is not then how to do that step by step. and does this one time directory change applies to every database that i will create through pgadminIII.
will be thankful to any help.
map user.


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