# SharePoint 2010 – The 14 Hive and other important directories

- Link: https://sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/2015/05/21/sharepoint-2010-the-14-hive-and-other-important-directories/
- Published: 2015-05-21T06:27:32+05:30
- Author: Deviprasad Panda

**The 14 Hive – Folder Location** The 14 Hive folder is located at the following
path _C:Program FilesCommon filesMicrosoft SharedWeb Server Extensions14_

![14hive](https://i0.wp.com/sharepointtechnicalsupport.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/
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**The 14 Hive – Folder Structure**
 The 14 Hive has a definite folder structure 
which holds the core SharePoint server files.

 * **ADMISAPI:-** It contains soap services for Central Administration. If this 
   directory is altered, remote site creation and other methods exposed in the service
   will not function correctly.
 * **Bin:-** The directory contains all the core binary files, utilities which used
   by SharePoint Services.  command line tools such as STSADM.EXE also present in
   this folder.
 * **Config:-** This directory contains files used to extend IIS Web sites with 
   SharePoint Server. If this directory or its contents are altered, Web application
   will not function correctly.
 * **HCCab:-** This directory has a set of cab files which has content information
   used by the SharePoint help system.
 * **Help:-** The folder contains html help file (.chm) used by the configuration
   wizard.
 * ISAPI:- This directory contains all the standard Web Services for SharePoint 
   and resources and configuration files that the web services use.
 * **Logs:-** This is the folder where we can have all the SharePoint related logs
   will see. This is important when any problem or error occur in SharePoint you
   have to trace the logs files in this folder to get the error messages.
 * **Resources:-** This directory contains the core.resx file used for creating 
   language packs for SharePoint.   by which different SharePoint sites with different
   languages and cultures can be create.
 * **Template:-** It contains the core web site functionality like the features,
   templates, configurations, resources of a web site.
 * **UserCode:-** This directory contains files used to support sandbox solution.
 * **Web Clients:-** This directory contains files related to Client Object Model.
 * **Web Services:-** This directory is the root directory where SharePoint back-
   end Web services are hosted, for example, Excel and Search.

**
 
 Other Important SharePoint 2010 Directories
 1) C:Inetpubwwwrootwss – This
directory (or the corresponding directory under the Inetpub root on the server) 
is used as the default location for IIS Web sites. 2) C:ProgramFilesMicrosoft Office
Servers14.0 – This directory is the installation location for SharePoint Server 
2010 binaries and data. The directory can be changed during installation. 3) C:ProgramFilesMicrosoft
Office Servers14.0WebServices – This directory is the root directory where SharePoint
back-end Web services are hosted, for example, Excel and Search. 4) C:ProgramFilesMicrosoft
Office Servers14.0Data – This directory is the root location where local data is
stored, including search indexes. 5) C:ProgramFilesMicrosoft Office Servers14.0Logs–
This directory is the location where the run-time diagnostic logging is generated.

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