Properties are created in text files in the Windchill codebase and control overall system configuration. For example, the wt.home property contains the path to the installation directory. Properties are stored in files with the .properties extension. Changing most properties requires a restart of the Windchill method server.

See Property Files for some additional information on property files. A complete set of properties and descriptions for the wt.properties, tools.properties, and db.properties files can be found in the properties.html file in the Windchill codebase directory.