{"id":449,"date":"2009-02-25T11:27:01","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T11:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brainlitter.itgroove.net\/2009\/02\/25\/how-to-locate-your-sharepoint-webconfig-file\/"},"modified":"2009-02-25T11:27:01","modified_gmt":"2009-02-25T11:27:01","slug":"how-to-locate-your-sharepoint-webconfig-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regroove.ca\/brainlitter\/2009\/02\/25\/how-to-locate-your-sharepoint-webconfig-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to locate your SharePoint web.config file"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ExternalClass245C44E1B5C14A119E98118C7F7042D8\">\n<p>Although you can search your file system for all of the web.config files, when you need to modify something specific, low-level in SharePoint, it\u2019s best to find the right one, first. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So, because I\u2019ve asked this several times before, I figured I\u2019d show the quickest way to locate your SharePoint sites web.config file (note, you may have several websites, pointing to the same SharePoint collection\/database through Alternate Access Mappings, so it is important to select the right one based on the URL you want to modify).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>1. Open IIS (in this example, I\u2019m assuming you are on Windows Server 2003.\u00a0 Select the appropriate website.\u00a0 You\u2019ll notice the web.config file is immediately visible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px\" height=\"338\" alt=\"image\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/HowtolocateyourSharePointweb.configfile_9FD6\/image_thumb.png\" width=\"486\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2. From here, there are 2 quick ways to get to your <strong>web.config<\/strong> file<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>a) Simply select your site and click \u2018open\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/HowtolocateyourSharePointweb.configfile_9FD6\/image_4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px\" height=\"400\" alt=\"image\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/HowtolocateyourSharePointweb.configfile_9FD6\/image_thumb_1.png\" width=\"405\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>or\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>b) Choose the properties of the website and go to the \u2018Home Directory\u2019 tab.\u00a0 The location of your web.config file will be in the root of the path specified under \u2018Local Path\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/HowtolocateyourSharePointweb.configfile_9FD6\/image_6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"image\" style=\"border-right:0px;border-top:0px;border-left:0px;border-bottom:0px\" height=\"346\" alt=\"image\" src=\"\/brainlitterarchive\/Media\/WindowsLiveWriter\/HowtolocateyourSharePointweb.configfile_9FD6\/image_thumb_2.png\" width=\"498\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Always proceed with caution and Always make a backup first. 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