title: where does tomcat store my files?
body: <p>I've created a web application using Netbeans. Before, when I was running the web app via netbeans and tomcat server (which was a zip), all my external files (uploaded files and other helper files I use for my app) are stored in <code>bin</code> directory.</p>
  
  <p>Now, I tried installing an apache tomcat service using windows installer because I wanted to know how to deploy the project on a dedicated server. I have successfully deployed the war file using tomcat's deploy utility. However, when I run the project via the apache tomcat windows service, it is not saving the files in <code>bin</code> dir and it cannot read my files that I pasted in <code>bin</code> dir, too. </p>
  
  <p>Where do you think should I place my files?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: Upon observing the tomcat service directory, I found out that it is store in the root. If I have my tomcat installed at 'E:\Apache\services\tomcat\', it is stored at the 'tomcat' directory.</p>