Hello All,

I have created a custom SharePoint 2013 feature by Visual Studio pro. 2013, I deployed the feature and its components (the lists that I have created inside VS) are working well, but when I opened SharePoint Features' location (C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server Extensions\15\Template\Features) I did not find the feature folder that I have created by VS, so, where can I find the feature that I have created.

Note: The feature scope is web.

Thanks in advance,

Abdelfattah Hussein.

• Edited by Abd Al-Fattah Hussein Sunday, May 17, 2015 5:55 PM

Hi

Check that Solution (features are pointing to 15 folders). You can map to 15 hive folders in VS 2013.

https://amjadk.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/changes-of-15-hives-folder-from-14-hives-in-sharepoint-2013/

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Your deployed feature must be there. There is no any other location where SharePoint features reside as far as I know. Try to deploy again and check carefully.

I have check the location many times, but I did not find my custom features.

Note: I'm using a Hyper-V virtual machine, i.e not a physical machine  

Hi,

If you are deploying your solution with compatibility mode 15, then it should appear under 15 hive. If it's been deployed as 14 mode, then it'll appear under 14 hive.

Also if you are using CKSDev, there's bug I've noticed that when you deploy using CKSDev, the feature name appears as '$feature...' - please check if there's any feature with such name.

Hi,

By default if you deploy your WSP that contains the feature through Visual Studio It will be deployed to 15 hive folder.

Alternatively if you deploy it through cmdled like this,

Install-SPSolution -Identity contoso_solution.wsp -GACDeployment -CompatibilityLevel {14,15}
//Above one will deploy on both hive folders.

Install-SPSolution -Identity contoso_solution.wsp -GACDeployment -CompatibilityLevel 15

//Above one it deployed only to 15

So its best to search your custom feature under both Hive folders " 15\Template\Features " or 14\Templates\Features

Easy way to locate your features, my last suggestion would be download the SharePoint Manager 2013 tool and navigate to your site and expand the "Features" tree node.

Hi Murugesa,

Many thanks for SharePoint Manager :)

I have found one of my custom features using "SharePoint Manager", but when I check the "Root Directory" property it was empty :(. Note: All other default SharePoint features have 15\Template\Features\featureFolder, but mine not.

So, could you help me to find the my custom feature path??

Thanks in Advance

Hi,

If you don't find the custom feature folder on the 14 and 15 hive of the features, then probably you don't have installed on the site collection.

It may be deployed and activated on Web Application /Farm level. You can find the Web Application features on the Central Administration.

Thanks.

The custom feature has been deployed and activated for the site collection, I deactivated and activate it several times but I have never found it inside file system. Note: My solution is SandBox. 

Hi,

Can you please tell me , whether this feature activating the custom web template at your site collection.

To test the same, first deactivate the feature, and try to create new site under the site collection, there check any custom site template has been added.

After, deactivate the feature and check the same whether that site template is there.

Alternatively,

try this powershell command to lists all the features in your farm and export to text file

Get-SPFeature | Sort @{Expression={$_.GetTitle(1033)}} -Descending:$false | ft @{Label='ID';Width=40;Expression={$_.Id}}, @{Label='Title';Width=250;Expression={$_.GetTitle(1033)}} | Out-File -Width 350 "c:\TEMP\features.txt"