Where Does NeatWorks Store Your Data?

If you use NeatWorks by the Neat Company, you may be wondering where it actually stores your data.

NeatWorks is a document organization software for Windows and Mac that comes bundled with the NeatDesk and NeatReceipts scanner, but on the Mac is also available for purchase standalone.

Once you have scanned your documents in, it puts them in its own proprietary database, but where that is depends if you are running Mac or Windows.

Windows

NeatWorks will store your data in the following location:

C:\ProgramData\The Neat Company\NeatWorks




Actually, there is a configuration file for the new NEAT program which contains the location for the link. You can then move the data base directory to anywhere you want - including DropBox. Just make the appropriate edit. 

The config file is called Config.nrcfg

Change DatabaseLocation 

C:\ProgramData\The Neat Company\Neat\Config\Config.nrcfg




<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><SharedConfiguration>

  <Entry>

    <Key>IsDatabaseSharingProcessCompleted</Key>

    <Value>true</Value>

  </Entry>

  <Entry>

    <Key>IsSharedDatabaseMovedToLocalUserFolder</Key>

    <Value>false</Value>

  </Entry>

  <Entry>

    <Key>DatabaseLocation</Key>

    <Value>D:\Programs\The Neat Company\Neat\Neat Data\</Value>

  </Entry>

  <Entry>

    <Key>AcquireThreadCount</Key>

    <Value>3</Value>

  </Entry>

  <Entry>

    <Key>ProcessThreadCount</Key>

    <Value>1</Value>

  </Entry>

  <Entry>

    <Key>TaxUpdateFileUri</Key>

    <Value>http://www.neatreceiptsupdate.com/Neat/Tax/NeatTaxDataFileInfo.xml</Value>

  </Entry>

</SharedConfiguration>