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Author Topic: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder  (Read 5445 times)

tomos

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problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« on: September 14, 2007, 03:36 AM »
new computer fun :) -

moved windows temp folder:
2007-09-14_102348_TEMPlocation.png

noticed as I was installing software a TEMP folder was being created in
the folder where the original exe file was.

trying to install dc software (updater, etc) I get the message
"unable to create temporary to extract to"

so obviously temp folder is not accessible

I did restart windows a couple of times after changing this setting
Anyone any ideas?
I'll try changing back to C:TEMP & see what happens & report back.

Unfortunately I cant remember where the "System Variables" Windows TEMP & TMP folders were -
in the Windows folder I think..
Tom

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2007, 03:40 AM »
Thats just it, if software is telling you that it cant find the temp folder, then it isnt using the Windows API to access it and is instead using a hard coded path, which is bad juju.

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2007, 04:07 AM »
no success trying various paths on c drive

I tried Tweak UI "powertoy" to see could that help.
Nothing there for changing Temp folders but
I found this which struck me as odd:

installation path.png

Does that have anything to do with it I wonder - Drive J: doesnt exist....
Tom

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2007, 04:47 AM »
no success trying various paths on c drive

I tried Tweak UI "powertoy" to see could that help.
Nothing there for changing Temp folders but
I found this which struck me as odd:
 (see attachment in previous post)
Does that have anything to do with it I wonder - Drive J: doesnt exist....

I looked in the registry & theres no "installation path" under special folders at any rate...

Could anyone tell me what the default locations are for
Windows Temp folders are
- as in screenshot in first post ?
(thats right click: My Computer > Properties > Advanced Tab > Environmental Variables)
EDIT: for Windows XP!
Tom
« Last Edit: September 14, 2007, 04:49 AM by tomos »

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2007, 04:57 AM »
Here is where I put mine:
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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2007, 05:00 AM »
trying to install dc software (updater, etc) I get the message
"unable to create temporary to extract to"
so obviously temp folder is not accessible

I note that you have not got back slashes in your path:
Screenshot - 14_09_2007 , 7_58_41 PM.png

Is that an issue? I have back slashes in mine (previous post)  :-\

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2007, 05:08 AM »
temp and tmp are both directed to c:\Documents and Settings\username\Temp 

Edit, these are i think the default settings, never occurred to me to change them lol
« Last Edit: September 14, 2007, 05:10 AM by Grorgy »

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2007, 05:09 AM »
trying to install dc software (updater, etc) I get the message
"unable to create temporary to extract to"
so obviously temp folder is not accessible

I note that you have not got back slashes in your path: (see attachment in previous post)
Is that an issue? I have back slashes in mine (previous post)  :-\


YES YES YES YES
thanks Perry I was struggling with the idea of losing a day & a halfs work
That was it, Funny I could have sworn there wasnt a backslash there when I went to change it
but who cares  :) :)
Tom

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2007, 05:11 AM »
in other words moving the temp folder is actually no problem
(as long as I get the path correct  :-[ )
I didnt even have to restart for install to work properly

Thanks to Grorgy as well - couldnt even find that out at microsoft!

Phew  :-*
Tom

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Re: problems with (having moved) windows temp folder
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2007, 06:16 AM »
Edit, these are i think the default settings, never occurred to me to change them lol

When I popped an extra hard drive into my machine I decided to have a look at what was a good idea for partitioning.

What I discovered was a subject of strongly opinionated options...

I found this page helpful, and in the end though I didn't think I had anything to lose  :) so I ended up implementing something like what was suggested.

And if it makes you feel any better tomos, I think I did exactly the same thing when I was setting up mine (and I too remembered putting in the slash too!)... and it took me a bit of looking to find the problem (so yours was like a "happy" memory  ;))