Installed Directories and Files

In versions 8.0 and later, installing the Data Loader creates several directories under the installation directory. The following directories are involved in running the program from the command line for automated batch processing:

bin

Contains the batch files encrypt.bat for encrypting passwords and process.bat for running batch processes.

For information on running the Data Loader from the command line, see Data Loader Command-Line Interface.

conf

The default configuration directory. Contains the configuration files config.properties, Loader.class, and log-conf.xml.

The config.properties file that is generated when you modify the Settings dialog in the graphical user interface is located at C:\Documents and Settings\your Windows username\Application Data\Salesforce\Data Loader version_number. You can copy this file to the conf installation directory to use it for batch processes.

The log-conf.xml file is included with version 35.0 of the Data Loader for Windows installer. The log-conf.xml is located at %LOCALAPPDATA%\salesforce.com\Data Loader\samples\conf\log-conf.xml for the current user, and C:\Program Files (x86)\salesforce.com\Data Loader\samples\conf\log-conf.xml for all users.

samples

Contains subdirectories of sample files for reference.