• How To: Change your temp drive
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[b]This is useful for morons with multi-drive environments, like myself.[/b] So, have you ever had an issue while unzipping something. Then it coming up saying, "Not enough space!" and knowing that you're unzipping it on a drive with space? Well this is for you! I used to have this issue all the fucking time, and now I want to tell you how to resolve it on your own. This way you can refrain from deleting \system32\ [b]Step 1:[/b] Clicking on the fucking start menu Go to the start menu, and go to computer (My computer if you're lacking behind in new operating systems). Right click on it, and proceed to properties. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Zolofto/How%20to%20update%20account%20to%20different%20group/Clickingonthefuckingstartmenu.png[/img] See properties there, click on that. [b]Step 2:[/b] Advanced Settings :holy: Got properties now open? Fantastic! Now goto "Advanced System Settings" [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Zolofto/Instructions%20for%20morons/Changing%20temp/AccessingSysSettings.png[/img] [b]Step 3:[/b] Accessing Environment Variables Click on environment variables [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Zolofto/Instructions%20for%20morons/Changing%20temp/ToEnvironmentVariables.png[/img] [b]Step 4:[/b] Changing Environment Variables Be careful here, keep in mind.. there is 4 lines that must be edited. One is for your user setup, and one is for the system setup. [b]A:[/b] User Variables Right now they probably read [code] TEMP: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp TMP : %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp [/code] For XP morons, %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Temp\. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Zolofto/Instructions%20for%20morons/Changing%20temp/ChangeUserVars.png[/img] Change those two strings to your new folder path. Make sure these devices and folders are available at this moment. [b]B:[/b] System Variables This is the same case here... except scroll and look for it. [code] TEMP %SYSTEMROOT%\TEMP TMP %SYSTEMROOT%\TEMP [/code] This is the same for XP too. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v292/Zolofto/Instructions%20for%20morons/Changing%20temp/ChangeSysVars.png[/img] Thats it, click on OK on all screens, and proceed to restart. You have successfully changed your temporary file locations! QA [b]How the fuck is this useful?[/b] If you're a moron like me with 6 HDDs, and a small 15GB partition for just my Windows installation, this IS useful. I unpack some large files once in a while. [b]What the fuck do you need with 6 HDDS?[/b] Storage space, and I hate deleting. Not to mention I got 3 network drives too. [b]I have XP,and I can't find the advanced system settings![/b] Besides you being on a (nearly)decade old operating system, you got poor sight too. Look for the "advanced" tab. [b]Uh, I still get the out of space errors![/b] If you followed the directions correctly, restart. If you didn't, don't. You're probably fucked. [b]WINDOWS DOESNT BOOT NEMOAR!!!!~~1`!11[/b] You didn't follow the directions properly. Your fault, not mine. [b]Do these directory paths need to be created PRIOR to setting the paths?[/b] Probably. I do it anyways. You should too. [b]Can I set my temps to an offsite/onsite server, or removable harddrive?[/b] For offsite, I don't recommend that. But you could, but I don't recommend this at all. You might need to use the subst command to get through any checks. As long as windows doesn't pick it up! Thats all. Any questions, or suggestions for a new tutorial?
Thank you lord and heaven
I love his asshole-ish attitude throughout the guide. I'm taking it he gets annoyed by people's ignorance a lot.
Thankyou, this will be useful at Dad's house.
Interesting, however I won't need this.
[QUOTE=Chief Tiger;24660448]I love his asshole-ish attitude throughout the guide. I'm taking it he gets annoyed by people's ignorance a lot.[/QUOTE] I work in the industry.. so yeah, erry day.
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