Windows 10: What is "Error 5 An error occurred. The directory in the temporary folder...

I have no idea what this means:

What is

"Error 5 An error occurred The directory in the temporary folder C;\Users\Warri\AppData\Local\Temp could not be created.

Ensure that the path to the temporary folder exists and that you have read/write permissions for that folder"



Since Windows ran its last update I have not been able to print, or download files, nor can I delete programs.

I can get on the Internet, and load active software programs that are already loaded on the computer.


I have no idea what that temporary folder is, why it is there how to recreate a path to it if one ever existed.


Since I am temporarily confined to home due to COVID-19 until I can get the vaccination for it I am relegated to working on this computer and I need to be able to download from the Internet and to print from the computer.


What is going on here, and what steps can I take to either delete and recreate the insidious temporary file with a path to it, create a path to it so that functionality can be restored, try to do the update to that newer version of Win10, the 20H or something like that. Right now I am floundering in the wind.


I would hope that a Windows10 update will not have catastrophically decimated the OS and software that I could be reduced to needing to reset Windows and then begin what would be another week's lost time reloading software.


Any helpful solution would be appreciated.

:)

 

Office 2013 error

Some had the same issue. Try one of those advises:

 

help with Error "unable to execute file in the temporary directory.....

Upon trying to simply upgrade my malwarebytes version, by selecting "yes" to install, I see this error message:

"Unable to execute file in the temporary directory. Set up aborted. Error 5: Access is denied"

I googled and tried the solution the Security > Advanced, etc. here:



Fix issue: “Unable to execute file in the temporary directory. Setup aborted. Error 5: Access is denied.” - Driver Easy

without success.

Any other ideas/replies will be welcomed.

 

Office 2013 error

I tried all of these examples and it did not fix it?----
Based on my research, this error might occur when Excel (or Word) can not locate system's Temporary folder and can be fixed by doing the following:

• Open Start > Run > regedit
• Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders and modify the key Cache with a valid path (ie: C:\Windows\Temp ).

BTW, if you are opening these documents from intranet or trusted sites, also check the Internet Options > Security, uncheck the Enable Protected Mode option under Local intranet and Trusted sites if they are checked.

On post # 2 It only happens on an email attachments with Office Documents, I do not get these errors on documents that I type or create.

Thanks

I also went to "trusted sites" in options and click on all the boxes and it still does it?
Anyone got any more options?
Thanks