trouble with 301 redirect from /forum to root

[Soliloquy]

I needed to move my vB installation from the /forum subdirectory into root, and am having a devil of a time with the 301 redirect. I've tried a few different versions and none have worked, and most of the existing help pages are about redirecting static content. What's the correct way to do this?

[webwizzy]

Just move all your files to root and change the path in admincp.

Add this below RewriteEngine On in .htaccess

RewriteRule ^forum/(.*)$ /$1 [L,R=301]