I have set up a Temp folder on another partition and was wondering if anyone knew how to set windows to put all the TEMP files in that folder instead of the usually C:\windows\Temp
I think I remember it got something to do with the registry, but I'm not positive.
Any advice would be helpful.
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Not sure yopu can do that because many apps and install programs use te Temp folder and it's use is hard coded into the apps themselves. You'd end up w/ 2 Temp folders being used.
You can however put the Temp Internet Files folder anywhere you want.
You can however put the Temp Internet Files folder anywhere you want.
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I'm sure a lot of programmers do hardcode the temp path into their apps (even though m$ provides a simple api function for that---GetTempPath). .....lazy programmers. 
But you can still set that path yourself. In win9x and probably me too, just add "SET TEMP=C:\your\temp\dir" to your autoexec.bat (or type it in a dos box every single time you start windows
). In nt/2k go to the "system" applet in the control panel and on the "advanced" tab there's a button that says "Environment Variables". Click that and in the dialog that pops up type "TEMP" or "TMP" (at least in win9x you could use "tmp" but most people just use "temp") in the "Variable Name" field and type the temp dir that you want to set in the "Variable Value" field. At least that's where it is in 2k, but I'm pretty sure that I remember it being there in nt as well. ....or you could enter it in manually by bringing up the command prompt.
But you can still set that path yourself. In win9x and probably me too, just add "SET TEMP=C:\your\temp\dir" to your autoexec.bat (or type it in a dos box every single time you start windows
). In nt/2k go to the "system" applet in the control panel and on the "advanced" tab there's a button that says "Environment Variables". Click that and in the dialog that pops up type "TEMP" or "TMP" (at least in win9x you could use "tmp" but most people just use "temp") in the "Variable Name" field and type the temp dir that you want to set in the "Variable Value" field. At least that's where it is in 2k, but I'm pretty sure that I remember it being there in nt as well. ....or you could enter it in manually by bringing up the command prompt.
I've done what you suggested many times 4oh4, and some temp files go to what I 'set' them to, but others don't.
set temp=x:\temp
set tmp=x:\tmp
Where x: = a ramdrive.
I think we'd have to edit every key in the registry that points to c:\windows\temp in order to get every temp file where we want them.
Not worth the effort for me.
set temp=x:\temp
set tmp=x:\tmp
Where x: = a ramdrive.
I think we'd have to edit every key in the registry that points to c:\windows\temp in order to get every temp file where we want them.
Not worth the effort for me.
Well my guess would be that far more programmers make dumb assumptions then I had originally thought. ....not everyone installs windows to a dir called "windows" and not everyone uses a temp dir called "temp" under the "windows" dir either. This isn't the fault of windows though. It's ignorant programmers. God bless m$ for giving the kids tools like visual basic where they don't have to learn sound programming techniques in order to create applications eh? Editing all the keys in the registry that have anything to do with temp dirs isn't the answer. If it was though you could make short work of it with Registry Crawler (that program kicks ass btw). About the only thing you could do is patch the "c:\windows\temp" bull**** strings inside all the offending programs. -shrugs-