Environment Variables

> Hi Arne,
>
> There is no reason you can't move the %temp% folders to another volume.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>
> "Arne" <Arne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:CA9EA8AA-2A91-4D1C-B8A9-799BC11617A9@microsoft.com...

> > Is it permissible to change the evironment variables to have temp files
> > placed on as second hard drive (where the OS is not installed). I changed
> > the
> > location to T:/Temp and now there are problems installing Acrobat Reader.
> >
> > Originally, the partition was on the same hard drive as the OS, and this
> > change did not cause any problems. After moving files and creating and
> > formating the T:/ partition on the second drive, there are install errors.
> > I
> > also put the Temporary Internet Files in the T:/ directory. These files
> > will
> > appear, if I check from within Internet Explorer, but they were not
> > visible
> > in Windows Explorer. I had to call it quits this morning before work, so I
> > am
> > not certain if a reboot will solve the problem.
> >
> > It seems a reasonable thing to have all the temp files stored on a second
> > hard drive and make use of the two physically independent read/write hard
> > drive spindles.
> >
> > Does anyone know if there is a prohibition on putting the temp folders on
> > a
> > second hard drive?
> >

>
>

> Rick,
>
> The default path is: %USER PROFILE%\App Data\Local\Temp
>
> Will changing the path to Z:\Temp work, or is there a meta-character
> designator for the path?
>
> Arne
>
> "Rick Rogers" wrote:
>

>> Hi Arne,
>>
>> There is no reason you can't move the %temp% folders to another volume.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
>>
>> "Arne" <Arne@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:CA9EA8AA-2A91-4D1C-B8A9-799BC11617A9@microsoft.com...

>> > Is it permissible to change the evironment variables to have temp files
>> > placed on as second hard drive (where the OS is not installed). I
>> > changed
>> > the
>> > location to T:/Temp and now there are problems installing Acrobat
>> > Reader.
>> >
>> > Originally, the partition was on the same hard drive as the OS, and
>> > this
>> > change did not cause any problems. After moving files and creating and
>> > formating the T:/ partition on the second drive, there are install
>> > errors.
>> > I
>> > also put the Temporary Internet Files in the T:/ directory. These
>> > files
>> > will
>> > appear, if I check from within Internet Explorer, but they were not
>> > visible
>> > in Windows Explorer. I had to call it quits this morning before work,
>> > so I
>> > am
>> > not certain if a reboot will solve the problem.
>> >
>> > It seems a reasonable thing to have all the temp files stored on a
>> > second
>> > hard drive and make use of the two physically independent read/write
>> > hard
>> > drive spindles.
>> >
>> > Does anyone know if there is a prohibition on putting the temp folders
>> > on
>> > a
>> > second hard drive?
>> >

>>
>>

> Is it permissible to change the evironment variables to have temp files
> placed on as second hard drive (where the OS is not installed). I changed the
> location to T:/Temp and now there are problems installing Acrobat Reader...

> Arne wrote:

> > Is it permissible to change the evironment variables to have temp files
> > placed on as second hard drive (where the OS is not installed). I changed the
> > location to T:/Temp and now there are problems installing Acrobat Reader...

>
> The usual cause for Acrobat failure to install is that UAC has been
> disabled. Before worrying about the temp directory just try turning
> UAC back on.
>
>
>