files in "my web sites" folder

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aslindy

Inside the "My Web Sites" folder is a list of various web sites (no surprise
there!). However, there are also 2 hidden folders, called _vti_cnf and
_vti_pvt. I think they may have been put there during one of the FrontPage
tutorials, but I'm not sure. The cnf folder is empty, but the pvt folder has
6 files in it. Each web site in that folder has their own copy of these two
folders, so that's why I think they came from a tutorial.
How do I know if it's okay to delete these files, without actually deleting
them?
Thanks for any help!
Amy
 
The _vti files are use by FrontPage to manage the meta data of the web.
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
"You're a daisy if you do!"
----
: Inside the "My Web Sites" folder is a list of various web sites (no
surprise
: there!). However, there are also 2 hidden folders, called _vti_cnf and
: _vti_pvt. I think they may have been put there during one of the FrontPage
: tutorials, but I'm not sure. The cnf folder is empty, but the pvt folder
has
: 6 files in it. Each web site in that folder has their own copy of these
two
: folders, so that's why I think they came from a tutorial.
: How do I know if it's okay to delete these files, without actually
deleting
: them?
: Thanks for any help!
: Amy
:
 
Right, I understand that. But as they are outside any of the folders
containing actual web sites, I don't think I need them, do I? They are just
in the folder called "my web sites".
Amy
 
If the "actual" web sites are located under "My Web Sites", then My Web Site is also a web and
should have a globe on the folder, the same as the web sites located under it.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


aslindy said:
Right, I understand that. But as they are outside any of the folders
containing actual web sites, I don't think I need them, do I? They are just
in the folder called "my web sites".
Amy

Tom [Pepper] Willett said:
The _vti files are use by FrontPage to manage the meta data of the web.
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
"You're a daisy if you do!"
----
: Inside the "My Web Sites" folder is a list of various web sites (no
surprise
: there!). However, there are also 2 hidden folders, called _vti_cnf and
: _vti_pvt. I think they may have been put there during one of the FrontPage
: tutorials, but I'm not sure. The cnf folder is empty, but the pvt folder
has
: 6 files in it. Each web site in that folder has their own copy of these
two
: folders, so that's why I think they came from a tutorial.
: How do I know if it's okay to delete these files, without actually
deleting
: them?
: Thanks for any help!
: Amy
:
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I'm sorry, I don't understand how that follows. I thought "My Web Sites" was
just a folder, located inside the "My Documents" folder, where I store a
local copy of my web sites. It does not have a globe symbol on it.

Perhaps I didn't explain well enough in my original post? I'm talking about
the local copy of the web sites I work on, and my local backup copies, on my
own computer. Not a folder on a web server.

Sorry for the confusion.
Amy

Thomas A. Rowe said:
If the "actual" web sites are located under "My Web Sites", then My Web
Site is also a web and should have a globe on the folder, the same as the
web sites located under it.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


aslindy said:
Right, I understand that. But as they are outside any of the folders
containing actual web sites, I don't think I need them, do I? They are
just
in the folder called "my web sites".
Amy

Tom [Pepper] Willett said:
The _vti files are use by FrontPage to manage the meta data of the web.
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
"You're a daisy if you do!"
----
: Inside the "My Web Sites" folder is a list of various web sites (no
surprise
: there!). However, there are also 2 hidden folders, called _vti_cnf and
: _vti_pvt. I think they may have been put there during one of the
FrontPage
: tutorials, but I'm not sure. The cnf folder is empty, but the pvt
folder
has
: 6 files in it. Each web site in that folder has their own copy of
these
two
: folders, so that's why I think they came from a tutorial.
: How do I know if it's okay to delete these files, without actually
deleting
: them?
: Thanks for any help!
: Amy
:
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Do any of the folders under My Documents have a globe on them in FP's Open Web / Site dialog

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


aslindy said:
I'm sorry, I don't understand how that follows. I thought "My Web Sites" was just a folder,
located inside the "My Documents" folder, where I store a local copy of my web sites. It does not
have a globe symbol on it.

Perhaps I didn't explain well enough in my original post? I'm talking about the local copy of the
web sites I work on, and my local backup copies, on my own computer. Not a folder on a web server.

Sorry for the confusion.
Amy

Thomas A. Rowe said:
If the "actual" web sites are located under "My Web Sites", then My Web Site is also a web and
should have a globe on the folder, the same as the web sites located under it.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


aslindy said:
Right, I understand that. But as they are outside any of the folders
containing actual web sites, I don't think I need them, do I? They are just
in the folder called "my web sites".
Amy

The _vti files are use by FrontPage to manage the meta data of the web.
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
"You're a daisy if you do!"
----
: Inside the "My Web Sites" folder is a list of various web sites (no
surprise
: there!). However, there are also 2 hidden folders, called _vti_cnf and
: _vti_pvt. I think they may have been put there during one of the FrontPage
: tutorials, but I'm not sure. The cnf folder is empty, but the pvt folder
has
: 6 files in it. Each web site in that folder has their own copy of these
two
: folders, so that's why I think they came from a tutorial.
: How do I know if it's okay to delete these files, without actually
deleting
: them?
: Thanks for any help!
: Amy
:
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
No, none of the folders under My Documents have a globe. Just the folders
inside the "My Web Sites" folder.
Amy

Thomas A. Rowe said:
Do any of the folders under My Documents have a globe on them in FP's Open
Web / Site dialog

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


aslindy said:
I'm sorry, I don't understand how that follows. I thought "My Web Sites"
was just a folder, located inside the "My Documents" folder, where I
store a local copy of my web sites. It does not have a globe symbol on
it.

Perhaps I didn't explain well enough in my original post? I'm talking
about the local copy of the web sites I work on, and my local backup
copies, on my own computer. Not a folder on a web server.

Sorry for the confusion.
Amy

Thomas A. Rowe said:
If the "actual" web sites are located under "My Web Sites", then My Web
Site is also a web and should have a globe on the folder, the same as
the web sites located under it.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


Right, I understand that. But as they are outside any of the folders
containing actual web sites, I don't think I need them, do I? They are
just
in the folder called "my web sites".
Amy

The _vti files are use by FrontPage to manage the meta data of the
web.
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
"You're a daisy if you do!"
----
: Inside the "My Web Sites" folder is a list of various web sites (no
surprise
: there!). However, there are also 2 hidden folders, called _vti_cnf
and
: _vti_pvt. I think they may have been put there during one of the
FrontPage
: tutorials, but I'm not sure. The cnf folder is empty, but the pvt
folder
has
: 6 files in it. Each web site in that folder has their own copy of
these
two
: folders, so that's why I think they came from a tutorial.
: How do I know if it's okay to delete these files, without actually
deleting
: them?
: Thanks for any help!
: Amy
:
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
If your My Web Site folder has _vti folders, then at some point it was opened as a web via FP. I
would not delete any of the _vti folders.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


aslindy said:
No, none of the folders under My Documents have a globe. Just the folders inside the "My Web
Sites" folder.
Amy

Thomas A. Rowe said:
Do any of the folders under My Documents have a globe on them in FP's Open Web / Site dialog

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


aslindy said:
I'm sorry, I don't understand how that follows. I thought "My Web Sites" was just a folder,
located inside the "My Documents" folder, where I store a local copy of my web sites. It does
not have a globe symbol on it.

Perhaps I didn't explain well enough in my original post? I'm talking about the local copy of
the web sites I work on, and my local backup copies, on my own computer. Not a folder on a web
server.

Sorry for the confusion.
Amy

If the "actual" web sites are located under "My Web Sites", then My Web Site is also a web and
should have a globe on the folder, the same as the web sites located under it.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

http://www.Ecom-Data.com
==============================================


Right, I understand that. But as they are outside any of the folders
containing actual web sites, I don't think I need them, do I? They are just
in the folder called "my web sites".
Amy

The _vti files are use by FrontPage to manage the meta data of the web.
--
Tom [Pepper] Willett
"You're a daisy if you do!"
----
: Inside the "My Web Sites" folder is a list of various web sites (no
surprise
: there!). However, there are also 2 hidden folders, called _vti_cnf and
: _vti_pvt. I think they may have been put there during one of the FrontPage
: tutorials, but I'm not sure. The cnf folder is empty, but the pvt folder
has
: 6 files in it. Each web site in that folder has their own copy of these
two
: folders, so that's why I think they came from a tutorial.
: How do I know if it's okay to delete these files, without actually
deleting
: them?
: Thanks for any help!
: Amy
:
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