PWS Pages Should Normally Be Stored in the Home Root Folder

ID: Q158897

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Personal Web Server versions 1.0, 1.0a for Windows 95

SUMMARY

The default home root folder for the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) service in Microsoft Personal Web Server version 1.0 for Windows 95 is the Webshare\Wwwroot folder. Although you can place Web pages that you want people to be able to access into other folders, placing Web pages into the home root folder makes them easier for people to access.


MORE INFORMATION

Placing Web pages into the home root folder makes them easier for people to access because you do not have to specify a folder name when using an Internet address to access Web pages in the home root folder. In addition, the home root folder is shared by default. If you place Web pages into another folder, you need to manually share this folder to allow people to access the Web pages inside the folder.

You can find more information about how to share resources in Windows 95 using online Help. To do so, use the following steps:

  1. Click Start, and then click Help.


  2. On the Index tab, in the "Type the first few letters of the word you're looking for" box, type sharing, and then click Display.


  3. In the Topics Found dialog box, click the appropriate topic, and then click Display.


If you want to store the majority of your Web pages in a folder other than the Webshare\Wwwroot folder, you may want to make the other folder the home root folder for the HTTP service. To do so, follow these steps:
  1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click Personal Web Server.


  3. Click the Administration tab, click Administration, and then click WWW Administration.


  4. Click the Directories tab, and then click Edit on the line for the current home root folder.


  5. In the Directory box, type the full path to the folder that you want to make the home root folder, and then click OK. You can also click Browse to locate this folder instead of typing the path to the folder manually.


NOTE: The alias for the home root folder should not be changed. Doing so can cause problems that may require you to reinstall Personal Web Server.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.00a

Keywords : mspwsw95
Version : WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
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Last Reviewed: September 13, 1999
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