If you started working on Sharepoint 2010 then Its important to learn the sharepoint folder structures. Here i have listed down all important folder sharepoint 2010 storing configuration, installations files.
C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0 – This directory is the installation location for SharePoint Server 2010 binaries and data. The directory can be changed during installation. This is our favorite 14hive folder.
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\wss – This directory (or the corresponding directory under the Inetpub root on the server) is used as the default location for IIS Web sites.
C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\WebServices – This directory is the root directory where SharePoint back-end Web services are hosted, for example, Excel and Search.
C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Data – This directory is the root location where local data is stored, including search indexes.
C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Office Servers\14.0\Logs – This directory is the location where the run-time diagnostic logging is generated.
14 hive folders :
C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14 –
This directory is the installation directory for core SharePoint Server files.
C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\ADMISAPI –
This directory contains the soap services for Central Administration. If this directory is altered, remote site creation and other methods exposed in the service will not function correctly.
C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\CONFIG –
This directory contains files used to extend IIS Web sites with SharePoint Server. If this directory or its contents are altered, Web application provisioning will not function correctly.
C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\14\LOGS –
This directory contains setup and run-time tracing logs.
C:Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\Policy –
C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\UserCode –
This directory contains files used to support your sandboxed solutions.
C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\WebClients –
This directory contains files related to the new Client Object Model.
C:\Program Files\Common files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\WebServices –
This directory contains new wcf or .svc related files.
| Path Relative to SharePoint RootDirectory | Template File Types |
| /ISAPI | Web Services (.svc, .ashx, .asmx) |
| /Resources | Resource files (.resx) |
| /TEMPLATE/ADMIN | Application pages used exclusively in Central Administration |
| /TEMPLATE/CONTROLTEMPLATES | ASP.NET User Controls (.ascx) |
| /TEMPLATE/FEATURES | Feature definition files (.xml) |
| /TEMPLATE/IMAGES | Images (.gif, .jpg, and .png) |
| /TEMPLATE/LAYOUTS | Application pages (.aspx) |
| /TEMPLATE/LAYOUTS/1033/STYLES | CSS Files (.css) |
| /TEMPLATE/LAYOUTS/ClientBin | Silverlight components (.xap) |
| /TEMPLATE/SiteTemplates | Site Definition files (onet.xml) |
| /TEMPLATE/XML | Custom field type definition files (fdltype*.xml) |
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