How to set full text catalog location SQL Server 2008/2012
Keith,

Full-text catalog had a complete architecture change in 2008 &amp; above and that's why this option is removed and NOT necessary. Definitely NOT the answer you were looking for :-)

Ref: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189520(v=SQL.100).aspx


  
    Important
    Beginning with SQL Server 2008, a full-text catalog is a virtual object and does not belong to any filegroup. A full-text catalog is a logical concept that refers to a group of full-text indexes. 
    
    ON FILEGROUP filegroup
    Beginning with SQL Server 2008, this clause has no effect. 
    IN PATH 'rootpath'
     Note
    This feature will be removed in a future version of Microsoft SQL Server. Avoid using this feature in new development work, and plan to modify applications that currently use this feature.
    Beginning with SQL Server 2008, this clause has no effect.