diff --git a/kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/add_NAS_shares.ps1 b/kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/add_NAS_shares.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c858724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/add_NAS_shares.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+$NasName = "NAS-2"
+$Excluded = @("something1", "something2") # skip these shares
+
+$env:KOPIA_CONFIG_PATH = "C:\Kopia\repository.config"
+
+# Get list of shares from the NAS
+$Shares = net view "\\$NasName" | ForEach-Object {
+    if ($_ -match '^(\S+)\s+Disk\s*$') {
+        $matches[1]
+    }
+} | Where-Object { $_ -notin $Excluded }
+
+# Get list of Kopia policies and their UNC paths
+# Filters out the global policy which has an empty path.
+$KopiaPolicyPaths = kopia policy list --json | ConvertFrom-Json | ForEach-Object { $_.target.path } | Where-Object { $_ }
+
+Write-Host "======   checking for new shares to add   ======"
+
+Write-Host "..."
+foreach ($Share in $Shares) {
+    $UncPath = "\\$NasName\$Share"
+
+    # Check whether share has a kopia policy defined
+    $HasPolicy = $KopiaPolicyPaths | Where-Object { $_ -ieq $UncPath }
+
+    if (-not $HasPolicy) {
+        Write-Host "$UncPath - creating a new policy"
+
+        # Temporarily relax EAP as Kopia writes information messages in to stderr
+        $prevEAP = $ErrorActionPreference
+        $ErrorActionPreference = "Continue"
+
+        # Kopia requires at least one flag explicitly defined
+        $output = kopia policy set $UncPath --keep-latest inherit 2>&1
+
+        $ErrorActionPreference = $prevEAP
+
+        # Exit code is the real success/failure signal not the stderr
+        # non-zero here means Kopia genuinely failed.
+        if ($LASTEXITCODE -ne 0) {
+            Write-Warning "Failed to set policy for $UncPath (exit code $LASTEXITCODE): $output"
+        }
+    }
+}
+Write-Host "..."
+Write-Host "==============   check  done   ================"
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "=============   current policies   ============="
+
+kopia policy list --json | ConvertFrom-Json | ForEach-Object { $_.target.path } | Where-Object { $_ }
+
+Write-Host ""
+Write-Host "=============   ignored shares   ==============="
+$Excluded | ForEach-Object { "\\$NasName\$_" }
diff --git a/kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/kopia_server_start.cmd b/kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/kopia_server_start.cmd
index 919de8a..be6884c 100644
--- a/kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/kopia_server_start.cmd
+++ b/kopia_backup/kopia_server_deploy_service_win/kopia_server_start.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-kopia server start --insecure --config-file=C:\Kopia\repository.config --log-dir=C:\Kopia\Kopia_Logs --address=127.0.0.1:51515 --server-username=admin --server-password=aaa --enable-actions
+kopia server start ^
+--config-file=C:\Kopia\repository.config ^
+--insecure ^
+--address=127.0.0.1:51515 ^
+--server-username=admin --server-password=aaa ^
+--log-dir=C:\Kopia\Kopia_Logs ^
+--cache-directory=C:\Kopia\Kopia_Cache ^
+--enable-actions
 
 :: to have full functinality of a kopia server
 :: replace the above command with the one below