Special Directories and Storage Locations

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This appendix lists folders and files that are added to each root web or subweb when a SharePoint™ team Web site or a Microsoft® FrontPage-extended Web site is created.

SharePoint team Web site files and folders

Folder	Files	Purpose
	Default.htm	Home page for the SharePoint team Web site.
	Postinfo.html	Allows users to post files to a team Web site.
	_vti_inf.html	Contains information for communication between client applications and the server running SharePoint Team Services.
_layouts	*.htm	Page layouts for the team Web site.
_layouts	Search.htx, search.idq, query.iqy	Query files to support search on the team Web site.
_layouts\_vti_cnf	*.htm	Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.
_layouts\_vti_cnf	Search.htx, search.idq, query.iqy	Metadata for the query files in the parent folder.
_layouts\images	*.gif	Images used in page layouts.
_layouts\images\_vti_cnf	*.gif	Metadata for the images in the parent folder.
_layouts\styles	*css	Style sheets for the team Web site.
_layouts\styles\_vti_cnf	*css	Metadata for the style sheets in the parent folder.
_vti_cnf	Default.htm	Metadata about the home page for the team Web site.
_vti_pvt	*.btr	Dependency database for the Web site.
_vti_pvt	*.cnf	Files that store metadata about the team Web site structure.
_vti_pvt	*.lck	Lock files to keep web resources from being accessed simultaneously.
_vti_script	Search.idq	Query file to support search on the team Web site.
Lists\Announcements		Pages and forms used to create the Announcements list.
Lists\Announcements\_vti_cnf		Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.
Lists\Contacts		Pages and forms used to create the Contacts list.
Lists\Contacts \_vti_cnf		Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.
Lists\Events		Pages and forms used to create the Events list.
Lists\Events\_vti_cnf		Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.
Lists\General Discussion		Pages and forms used to create the General Discussion list.
Lists\General Discussion\_vti_cnf		Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.
Lists\Links		Pages and forms used to create the Links list.
Lists\Links\_vti_cnf		Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.
Lists\Tasks	*.htm	Pages and forms used to create the Tasks list.
Lists\Tasks	Task.ics	A template that is used to export tasks from a SharePoint team Web site to a SharePoint Team Servicescompatible calendar/address book, such as Microsoft Outlook® 2002.
Lists\Tasks\_vti_cnf		Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.
Lists\Tasks\_vti_cnf	Task.ics	Metadata for the Task.ics file in the parent folder.
Shared Documents\_vti_cnf	Fp_folder_info	Metadata for the Shared Documents folder. Contains information such as whether the folder contains a list, whether anonymous users can upload documents, and so on.
Shared Documents\Forms	*.htm	Pages and forms used to create the Shared Documents list.
Shared Documents\Forms\_vti_cnf	*.htm	Metadata for the *.htm files in the parent folder.

FrontPage-extended Web site files and folders

Folder	Files	Purpose
	Postinfo.html	Allows users to post files to a team Web site.
	_vti_inf.html	Contains information for communication between client applications and the server running SharePoint Team Services.
_borders	Top.htm, Left.htm, Right.htm, Bottom.htm	Shared border definition files that are included in pages that use shared borders.
_derived	*.htx, *.gif	Files that are dynamically generated by FrontPage and that can be regenerated at any time, such as *.htx files created by the Search component and composite text on GIF images.
_fpclass	*.class	Compiled Java class files that implement some FrontPage-based features.
_overlay	*.gif	Overlay files for text on GIF and navigation buttons. These files are transparent GIFs that are overlaid on top of button or banner images to build a complete text on GIF or navigation button composite image.
_private		This folder is created in each FrontPage-extended Web site. It is intended to contain user files that are not viewable by a site visitor.
_themes	*.gif, *.inf, *.css, *.utf8, *.jpg files for each theme	Themes storage. Each theme that is applied to a Web site is uploaded into a uniquely named subfolder of the _themes directory.
_vti_bot		Used for custom FrontPage-based components (WebBots) created using the FrontPage SDK. This folder contains the implementations of custom components. Custom components installed in these directories are optionally downloaded to the author's machine when that component is inserted by the author.
_vti_cnf		For each HTML page and graphics file in a FrontPage-extended Web site, there is a configuration file of the same name. Each configuration page contains a set of name-value pairs, identifying such things as the last author to edit a page or the editor associated with a file.
_vti_log		Contains log files with information about the FrontPage-extended Web site.
_vti_map		Contains image map files.
_vti_pvt		Contains settings for the FrontPage-extended Web site
	_x_todo.htm	Contains the current settings of the To Do list.
	_x_todoh.htm	Contains the changes to the To Do list.
	Access.cnf	Contains HTTP server-specific access control information.
	Bots.cnf	Used for custom FrontPage-based components (WebBots) created using the FrontPage SDK.
	Botinfs.cnf	Custom FrontPage-based components (WebBots) information listing.
	Deptodoc.btr	Dependency database for the web.
	Doctodep.btr	Dependency database for the web.
	Frontpg.lck	Root web only. Lock file to keep Web server resources from being accessed simultaneously. Should be a zero-byte file at idle time. With IIS servers, this file is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft FrontPage\50\Temp, not in the Web site content area's _vti_pvt directory.
	Linkinfo.cnf	Back links for URLs not in the current web.
	Service.cnf	Contains meta-information about the web.
	Service.pwd	Contains the encrypted password files. Apache only.
	Services.cnf	Contains the list of subwebs.
	Services.org	File used as the basis for Services.cnf when reinstalling the server extensions, so that subwebs are not created as subdirectories of the root web. (This file only exists after an uninstall.)
	Structure.cnf	Contains FrontPage-extended web navigational information storage.
	Svcacl.cnf	File used to store whether subwebs have unique permissions settings and any IP address restrictions, so that when reinstalling the server extensions the correct permissions settings are reapplied to any subwebs.
	Uniqueperm.cnf	The presence of this file indicates that the subweb has unique permissions settings, as opposed to permissions that it inherited from the root web. Present only in subwebs. Used on IIS only.
	Writeto.cnf	Back links for files that can be written to by users of the web, such as Save Results form handler result files. Files that can be written to by users of the web have a looser security setting than regular web content.
_vti_script	*.idq	Query files created by the FrontPage Search component when using Index Server on IIS.
_vti_txt		This folder contains text indexes for the WAIS search engine only. It is not used by Index Server on IIS.
fpdb		When FrontPage creates a Microsoft Access database as part of the Save to Database form handler, it stores it in this folder. Also, the sample database included in FrontPage is stored in this folder.
images		Contains image files used in the FrontPage-extended Web site.