I changed the path of the directory in which notes are stored.

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Which one of these is correct and sound more natural?

1. I changed the directory in which notes are stores.
2. I changed the path of the directory in which notes are stored.
3. I changed the directory path in which notes are stored.

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By changing the directory path I mean that the notes previously were stored in a folder at a specific location (on the C hard drive inside the "My Documents" folder) then later I changed the path to the "Notes" folder.
 

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I'd say only your first sentence fits the context you provided.
 

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Of the three, the first one is the best, but it's not the most natural way. We usually talk about 'moving' a file, so I'd say something like "I moved the notes to a new directory' or even 'I moved the notes to a new folder.'
 

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Of the three, the first one is the best, but it's not the most natural way. We usually talk about 'moving' a file, so I'd say something like "I moved the notes to a new directory' or even 'I moved the notes to a new folder.'
Thank you. I need it in the context of a computer program (code). In that context, I don't think moving sounds natural. I basically changed a variable that had a path assigned to it. Sorry for not being clear enough from the beginning.
 
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Is it okay to use "kept" instead of "stored"?

I changed the directory in which notes are kept.
 

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Which one of these is correct and sounds more natural?

1. I changed the directory in which notes are stored.
2. I changed the path of the directory in which notes are stored.
3. I changed the directory path in which notes are stored.

Context: By "changing the directory path", I mean that the notes were previously were stored in a folder at a specific location (on the C hard drive inside the "My Documents" folder) then but later I changed the path moved them to the "Notes" folder.
Note my changes above.

I agree with Barque that sentence #1 sounds best of those three. However, depending on your audience, you might want to make it more jargon-free.
I moved the notes from the "My Documents" folder to the "Notes" folder.
 
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