How to Create a Shortcut to 12-hive in Sharepoint

A step by step guide to creating a shortcut to the 12 hive in sharepoint and MOSS 2007. This location is where all the tools for administering servers are kept by Microsoft.

The 12 Hive is the location where all the binaries, configuration files, web pages, web controls, features, site and page templates, help files and other related resources are kept.

Generally, the 12 Hive is located on the file system of each server where SharePoint is installed.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Go to the Desktop on the server that is running SharePoint or MOSS 2007

2. Right click and choose New -> Shortcut

3. Type %windir%\system32\cmd.exe in the location textbox, click Next

4. Name the shortcut as Shortcut to 12 Hive or anything else you want, click Finish

5. You will see the icon for the shortcut you just created on the Desktop.
   Right click the icon and choose Properties

6. On the Shortcut tab, change the value in the Start in textbox to the location of the 12 hive,
   type %PROGRAMFILES%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\bin

7. Click OK.

Resources

• Resources on Sharepoint