topic QVWS logs. How to change location. in QlikView

QVWS logs. How to change location.

gardan — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

Greetings.

My QlikView Web Server (QVWS) logs are currently stored here: c:\ProgramData\QlikTech\WebServer\Log it seems to be in the default location. Unfortunately, the space on the C: drive is limited due to company policy. I'd like to change the location the logs are stored to the 😧 drive which has much more room. I've looked through QMC and through the Web service config.xml file. I can't seem to find where to change the location the logs are stored. any help would be appreciated.

Re: QVWS logs. How to change location.

gardan — Tue, 01 Dec 2020 20:31:52 GMT

that is the D drive .... not the surprised face drive.

Re: QVWS logs. How to change location.

Chip_Matejowsky — Mon, 07 Dec 2020 19:56:28 GMT

HI @gardan,

Have a look at the Qlik Support article How To Change QlikView Service Logs/AppData To An Alternate Location which contains the following steps:

Stop all the QlikView Services
Open Windows Explorer and browse to "C:\Program Files\QlikView\Server\Web Server" path
Open "QVWebServer.exe.config" with notepad or equivalent
Search <add key="ApplicationDataFolder" value=" " />
Add the new path between the " "s in the value=" " area
Save the file
Copy the existing files from the default location to the new location
Restart all the QlikView Services

Hope this helps!

Best Regards,

Chip Matejowsky

Qlik Support