# Why do I have 2 identical copies of wowzastreamingengine in my local directory?

**URL:** <https://community.wowza.com/t/why-do-i-have-2-identical-copies-of-wowzastreamingengine-in-my-local-directory/39500>\
**Category:** Wowza Streaming Engine\
**Created:** [August 1, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-do-i-have-2-identical-copies-of-wowzastreamingengine-in-my-local-directory/39500 "2014-08-01T09:12:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@Jonathan\_Campbell](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jonathan_Campbell)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 9:12am UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-do-i-have-2-identical-copies-of-wowzastreamingengine-in-my-local-directory/39500/1 "2014-08-01T09:12:51Z")

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In my local directory, I have WowzaStreamingEngine-4.0.3 and WowzaStreamingEngine. Each has identical files, including applications I’ve created. When I move either out of the local dir the server won’t start. I get “WowzaStreamingEngine: unrecognized service” I’m just getting started and was wondering what this is all about.

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**Author:** ![Jason\_Hilton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.wowza.com/jason_hilton/32/437_2.png) [@Jason\_Hilton](https://community.wowza.com/u/Jason_Hilton)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.wowza.com/t/why-do-i-have-2-identical-copies-of-wowzastreamingengine-in-my-local-directory/39500/2 "2014-08-01T14:54:55Z")

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Hi,

It sounds like you’re using Linux and you’re looking at the real dir (WowzaStreamingEngine-4.0.3) and the symlink (WowzaStreamingEngine) which gets updated when installing later versions of Wowza to keep “WowzaStreamingEngine” as the used path. If you remove either of these you’ll mess-up the installation.

What are you trying to achieve by moving the directories?

If you want to use content in a different location or on a different disk you can specify the path using the “Content Directory” for the application. This can be edited using Wowza Streaming Engine Manager (WSEM).

Jason