Windows 10: I changed my TEMP and TMP folder location from drive C to drive D, and my files slowly gone...

Hello, I'm not really an expert in computer so I really need someone to enlighten me. I have a 120gb SSD as my main drive drive C, and I used a lot of high / intense graphic programs sketchup rendering, photoshop, etc, and sometimes when i used them, i noticed that the temp / tmp files takes up the C drive and in some cases, it left me to only a few MB of storage. It bothers me because then the program stars to malfunction, so i discovered a way to move those temp / tmp files to another drive, which then i did moved it to my D drive 500gb HDD. Keep in mind that I also store my project an

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Moving 'Temp' files folder from my C drive to my D drive

Your best option is to go to Disk Management (Accessible from the right click menu of your Start Button)

Select the Partition that represents Drive D, shrink this partition and then extend your C Drive into the unallocated space. This will give you as much space as you need on your C drive
(remember 1000MB = 1GB)

If however, you do still want to change Tamp onto your D Drive, create a folder in the appropriate place on your D Drive

Then go to Control Panel - System

On the left click 'Advanced System Settings'





Click the 'Environment Variables' button at the Bottom

Then change the location of TEMP and TMP to the location of the new folder you created on your D drive by clicking 'Edit'

 

How to set system TEMP and TMP to a different drive in Windows 10.

Hi Kens,



I do appreciate your efforts and time, and will assist you with the issue.



To change the location of the System Temp folder, follow the steps given below.

• 
  Right click on Computer and click on Properties. In the resulting window with the basic
  
  
  information about your computer
  
• 
  Click on Advanced system settings on the left panel resulting in a dialog box click on the advanced tab.
  
• 
  Click on the button near the bottom labeled Environment Variables.
  
• 
  You may see both TMP and TEMP listed in the section labeled User variables for (account). That's the common location; each different login account is assigned its own temporary location.
  
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  In the Variable value Edit box you may specify the path to the directory that Windows and many other programs will use for temporary files.
  

Be sure and repeat that process for both TMP and TEMP.

You'll need to restart any running programs for the new value to take effect. In fact, you'll need to restart Windows for it to begin using the new value for its own temporary files.





To change the location of the Internet Temp folder, follow the steps given below.

Note: That Internet Explorer moves cookies to the new folder and the old folder is removed. Additionally, the following message is displayed when you attempt to move the Temporary Internet Files folder:

Warning: Moving the location of your Temporary Internet Files folder will delete all your subscription data.

• Create a new folder to store the files. For example, if you want to store the files in a folder named Ietemp on drive D, create the following folder:
  

D:\Ietemp

For information about how to create a folder, click Start, click Help, click the Index tab, type
new folder, and then double-click the "New Folders" topic.

• Start Internet Explorer.
• On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
• On the General tab, click Settings.
• Click Move Folder.
• Click the folder you created in Step 1.
• Click OK, click OK, and then click OK again.
• Restart your computer

You can change the location of Internet explorer temp folder; there is no security threat to your computer.



Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

Moving 'Temp' files folder from my C drive to my D drive

For some unknown reason the manufacturer of my PC (ASUS) put a partition on this computer of just 149Gb and called it drive C. The remainder of the drive, which is a 3TB drive, has 2.58TB and this is called the D drive.

As a result of this strange configuration my C drive is now just about full and programs that need to access the Temp File folder are unable to do so.

What I want to do is to change the Temp File storage to my D drive which has acres of room. Unfortunately I don't know how to do this and any help on the matter would be appreciated.

Regards