c drive acts as temp folder

When I try to load some software, it won't because it says my c drive is a temporary folder! I went into setup and had it reload all default settings and that didn't help. Any suggestions why it shows this? Any clues on how to fix it? Thanks!

 

Hi, and welcome to the board.

Do you have a folder called Temp in your C:\Windows directory?

If you don't, create one.

Next, do this:

Go to Start/Run, and type notepad /autoexec.bat (space after 'Notepad'!)

Your autoexec.bat will now open in Notepad.

Look for lines that start with SET TEMP= and SET TMP=.
Change them to read:

SET TEMP=C:\Windows\Temp
SET TMP=C:\Windows\Temp

If the lines aren't there, put them in.
Go to File -> save.

NOTE: If Windows is installed to a different location, change this accordingly, so that both point to the \Temp folder that is located in the folder where you have Windows installed.

Restart your computer.

 

Thanks Tony, I'll try this and let you know! Any ideas on why it would just start doing this?

 

No, not offhand.

Do you have the EXACT text of your error message for us, or is that it?

Anyway, please keep us informed on how you're getting on.