Style library files give Path Not Found in Process Monitor (sysinternals)

Question

Hello,
i have a question, i am using Process Monitor to diagnose SharePoint performance issues.
I am getting a lot of the following types of messages
11:27:54.3064738 w3wp.exe
3160 CreateFile
C:\INETPUB\WWWROOT\WSS\VIRTUALDIRECTORIES\{site}443\SITES\{SC}\STYLE LIBRARY\BRANDING\JS\BOOTSTRAP.MIN.JS
PATH NOT FOUND Desired Access: Generic Read, Dis, Options: Sequential Access, No Buffering, Attributes: RE, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, Impersonating: NT AUTHORITY\IUSR
This only occurs with files stored in SharePoint (Style library/document libraries), i have seen this behavior on multiple servers so it appears to be working by design, does anyone have an explanation as to why this happens? is there also anyway to stop
this happening?
my concern is that this happens on every page load accumulating to a lot of wasted disk reads.
Thanks for your time!
Ben

Answer 1

Hi,
11:27:54.3064738 w3wp.exe
3160 CreateFile
C:\INETPUB\WWWROOT\WSS\VIRTUALDIRECTORIES\{site}443\SITES\{SC}\STYLE LIBRARY\BRANDING\JS\BOOTSTRAP.MIN.JS
PATH NOT FOUND Desired Access: Generic Read, Dis, Options: Sequential Access, No Buffering, Attributes: RE, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a, Impersonating: NT AUTHORITY\IUSR
This bootstrap is usually for the CSS/ SharePoint styling. It may have some code to access this path. While I checked on my environment, it seems I am not seeing this actual path, and from my registry editor as well.
Please have a check if it should have the same path at your environment. If not, I do believe some of the code are directing to the path, and since the path is not available, then the issue may appear.
Thanks,
Wendy
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