This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
IE and other ones such as Winzip.

I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the
same time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be
useful to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on D:

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From:	Aussie Fred
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:17:34 GMT

In <35abctF4jmls4U1@individual.net> Victor Bien wrote:

> This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
> IE and other ones such as Winzip.
>
> I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the
> same time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be
> useful to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on
> D:
>
IE temp files can be moved

Internet Options->General->Temporary Internet files->Settings

there is a move option there.

From:	Brissie
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:15:12 +1000

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 00:17:34 GMT, Aussie Fred
wrote:

>In <35abctF4jmls4U1@individual.net> Victor Bien wrote:
>
>> This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
>> IE and other ones such as Winzip.
>>
>> I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the
>> same time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be
>> useful to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on
>> D:
>>
>IE temp files can be moved
>
>Internet Options->General->Temporary Internet files->Settings
>
>there is a move option there.
>

He said NOT the IE one, but the Windows one.

From:	Falkon
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 10:58:39 +1000

Victor Bien wrote:
> This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
> IE and other ones such as Winzip.
>
> I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the same
> time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be useful
> to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on D:
>

Have you considered moving the swap file as well?

http://www.tunexp.com/tips/maintain_your_computer/move_the_paging_file_in_windows_xp/

From:	E.
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 06:30:55 +1100

Victor Bien wrote:
> This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
> IE and other ones such as Winzip.
>
> I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the same
> time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be useful
> to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on D:
>
set your environment variables TEMP and TMP.
Right-click, my computer, properties, look for it.
9x just whack set commands in autoexec
E.

From:	Darryl Attwod
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 13:57:17 GMT

If your using windows XP. Right click on my computer, go down to properties
(or system in control panel), advanced tab, environment vairables. in there
you can change user variables and system variables(including temp).
Also consider shrinking/disabling system restore and trashbin and moving IE
tempfiles. also uninstall things from C and install on another drive.

hope that helps

Dazza

From:	Victor Bien
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:33:13 +1100

Darryl Attwod wrote:
> If your using windows XP. Right click on my computer, go down to properties
> (or system in control panel), advanced tab, environment vairables. in there
> you can change user variables and system variables(including temp).
> Also consider shrinking/disabling system restore and trashbin and moving IE
> tempfiles. also uninstall things from C and install on another drive.
>
> hope that helps

Ahh yes! So that's where it is! I know about SET TEMP= blah blah in
the DOS based Win98/ME but not the NT based XP. Again Windows Help was
no help.

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From:	Ernest
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:06:37 +1100

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:25:42 +1100, Victor Bien
wrote:

> This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
>IE and other ones such as Winzip.
>
> I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the
>same time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be
>useful to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on D:

you have the answer to your question with other posts but
you may want to consider making more space available by
emptying your 'Recycling Bin' and then setting its properties
to use only 1% of the drive not the default 10%.

Also the 'Restore' option in those systems with it normally
use between 10 to 15% of the drive and can be reset to
about 250 MB for each drive - this frees up a lot of space

Deadly Ernest

@bywater.net.au

(my new keyboard, with small keys,
accepts full responsibility for all
typographical and spelling errors)

From:	Brissie
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:50:16 +1000

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:06:37 +1100, Ernest
wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:25:42 +1100, Victor Bien
>wrote:
>
>> This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
>>IE and other ones such as Winzip.
>>
>> I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the
>>same time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be
>>useful to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on D:
>
>you have the answer to your question with other posts but
>you may want to consider making more space available by
>emptying your 'Recycling Bin' and then setting its properties
>to use only 1% of the drive not the default 10%.
>
>Also the 'Restore' option in those systems with it normally
>use between 10 to 15% of the drive and can be reset to
> about 250 MB for each drive - this frees up a lot of space

How about turning System Restore off? I have

From:	Ernest
Subject:	Re: Can location of temporary folder be changed?
Date:	Mon, 24 Jan 2005 13:03:38 +1100

On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 01:50:16 +1000, Brissie
wrote:

>On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 19:06:37 +1100, Ernest
> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 05:25:42 +1100, Victor Bien
>>wrote:
>>
>>> This the temporary folder used by Windows itself, not the one used by
>>>IE and other ones such as Winzip.
>>>
>>> I have a situation where C: is low on disk space but where at the
>>>same time there is plenty of space on drive D: partition. It would be
>>>useful to make the pointer to the temporary folder point to somewhere on D:
>>
>>you have the answer to your question with other posts but
>>you may want to consider making more space available by
>>emptying your 'Recycling Bin' and then setting its properties
>>to use only 1% of the drive not the default 10%.
>>
>>Also the 'Restore' option in those systems with it normally
>>use between 10 to 15% of the drive and can be reset to
>> about 250 MB for each drive - this frees up a lot of space
>
>How about turning System Restore off? I have

That is an option as is setting recycle bin to zero and
have no recycle bin function. But many people like the
basic safety feature that restore option provides, and
if you want it you can have it for a few hundred MB
instead of the few GB most default to.

Deadly Ernest

@bywater.net.au

(my new keyboard, with small keys,
accepts full responsibility for all
typographical and spelling errors)