moving "my documents and settings\user\local settings\temp"

I setup XP on a 10 gigabyte partition.

I installed most of my applications into the next partition.

Some applications I run, create huge TEMP/TMP files into the
C:\Documents and Settings\User\Local Settings\TEMP/TMP
folders, thereby filling up the partition with the XP
installation.

I've tried changing the environment variables to use an
adjacent partition, but apparently I'm not formatting it
correctly.

I've searched MKB, but the articles I can find relating to
this don't speak of the syntax used to do this.

I tried changing from this:

to this:

after creating that directory, [E:\TEMP], which is on the
adjacent partition, and some applications would not start,
others reported memory read errors etc., when I tried to use
them.

I tried to un-install an application which when I tried to
start, caused numerous errors. My thinking was that if I
reinstall it after
changing this variable it would work, but because of making
this variable change I couldn't even do this.

Can someone help me out with how to change where these apps
create their temp files please?

fredhead

 

%userprofile% holds the path to your c:\documents and
settings\YOURNAME\..... so xp is looking at c:\documents and
settings\yourname\......e:\temp

You would have to change this to just read e:\tempfile without the
%userprofile%\ part

 

Right click on "My Computer", select "Properties", select "Advanced", select
"Environment Variables", make the changes as required in BOTH windows

 

Thank you so much my friend! I am so eternally grateful, it
worked!

fredhead

 

Why don't you just use a cleaning program like CrapCleaner once a day
to get rid of them.(you can find a link to it on my pages)

max
--
Playing Nice on Usenet:
http://oakroadsystems.com/genl/unice.htm#xpost
My Pages:
Virus Removal Instructions
http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/
Keeping Windows Clean
http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/keepingclean.html
Windows Help and Tools
http://home.neo.rr.com/manna4u/tools.html
Change nomail.afraid.org to gmail.com to reply.
nomail.afraid.org is setup specifically for use in USENET
Feel free to use it yourself.

 

Well...I may have spoken a little too soon. Actually, my
apps are pretty much doing as they should, but my Windows
installation directory is still filling up! Here is what
my "environment variables," windows look like;

User variables for [name]
-------------------------
E:\TEMP
E:\TMP
-------------------------

System Variables
-------------------------
I changed TEMP locations from;
%SystemRoot%\C:Windows\temp
to simply
E:\TEMP
-------------------------

Hopefully this will correct it. Hope Windows will actually
start so I can report!

 

Well dammit, that didn't work either......!

 

One major reason is because my applications don't finish
their work before the partition is filled up. And of course
when the offending app is quit, the temp files it creates go
poof! anyway. Right now, until I can find a solution,
I'm using Acronis disk director to increase the free space
on the partition I need it on. That should work for now.

fredhead

 

I have never run XP in an partition larger than 10GB and have never had
the problem you are having. What apps are you running that are filling
up your XP partition? You may want to check and see if there is a way
to change the temp file location from within the app(s) you're using.

I believe Photoshop, as an example, defaults to placing the scratch disk
in your Documents & Settings folder (though I may be misremembering).

 

Mozy. Though their support pages mention this problem, they
are inaccurate in demonstrating how to fix it. They did
email me about what to do however, and we got it done. If
anyone here needs to know, I can post that info.

Thankyou,
fredhead

 

Definitely post the fix here. That way if someone else with the same
problem runs across this thread, they'll see how you fixed it.

 

Essentially this is it, I'll precede my own [added]
notations with an [*]

* I also changed the variables in the "system variables," to
reflect the same TEMP/TMP locations I used according to the
instructions 1-6. I've seen no problem due to that.
The following, is what they left out on their support pages
where it does mention the first 6 steps.

* on my machine "local system account"

* Again, I think they were incomplete here, because I also
had to check the "allow to interact with desktop" box.

fredhead