Support Database
List of Special Files and Directories Maintained by FrontPage

The following is a list of files and directories that FrontPage adds to each root web or sub-web.

_overlay

Overlay files for FrontPage’s text on GIF and navigation button features. These files are transparent GIFs that are overlaid on top of base button or banner images to build a complete text on GIF or navigation button composite image.

_derived

Files that are dynamically generated by FrontPage that can be regenerated at any time, such as *.htx files created by the FrontPage Search Component (only when using IIS with Microsoft Index Server) and composite text on GIF images (for example, theme buttons and banners).

_borders (top.htm, left.htm, right.htm, bottom.htm)

Shared border definition files that are included into pages using shared borders.

_themes

FrontPage themes storage. Each theme that is applied to the web is uploaded into a uniquely named subfolder of the _themes directory. Each theme consists of GIF, CSS, and INF files that define the theme.

_fpclass (*.class)

Compiled Java class files that implement the Banner Ad Manager and Hover Button FrontPage components.

_private

This folder is created in each FrontPage web. It is intended to contain user files that are not browsable.

_vti_bin (shtml.exe)

Stub FrontPage Server Extensions executables for runtime functionality.

fpcount.exe

Runtime portion of the FrontPage Hit Counter component.

_vti_bin/_vti_aut (author.exe)

Stub FrontPage Server Extensions executables for authoring functionality.

_vti_bin/_vti_adm (admin.exe)

Stub FrontPage Server Extensions executables for security functionality.

_vti_cnf

For each HTML page and graphics file in a Front Page web 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 program associated with a file.

_vti_pvt (contains all the files below)

_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

frontpg.lck Root Web only. Lock file to keep web server resources from being accessed simultaneously.

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

services.cnf Root web only. Contains the list of sub-webs

services.org Root web only. File used as the basis for services.cnf when reinstalling the Server Extensions, so that sub-webs are recreated as sub-webs instead of as subdirectories of the root web

service.lck Lock file to keep web resources from being accessed simultaneously. Should be a zero-byte file at idle time

structure.cnf Contains FrontPage web navigational information storage

svcacl.cnf Root web only. File used to store whether sub-webs have unique permissions settings and any IP Address restrictions, so that when reinstalling the Server Extensions the correct permissions settings are reapplied to any sub-webs

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_map Contains image map files