Physical Path To find the physical path of the root folder of your SharePoint application 1 Select Start | Control Panel | Administrative Tools | Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. 2 Expand the node with your computer name. 3 Expand the Web Sites folder. 4 Find the node that represents your site. The SharePoint site should contain _layouts, _vti_bin and _wpresources underneath it. 5 Right-click the node and select Properties. 6 Select Home Directory tab. The value in the Local path tells you the physical path of your root folder.