Christine_ts Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) I make a new unattendet Xp (Sp3) cd and want to set all users Temp directory to \Windows\Temp so Admin simply can delete all users Temp files.I have try, in the Environment settings, to use variable settings because i dont want to lock the install Cd to install on C: drive, maybee i later want to install Xp on a D: drive . . .I have try this settings in my RegTweak:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"="%systemroot%\\Temp""TMP"="%systemroot%\\Temp"And[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"="%Temp%""TMP"="%Temp%"When i use the First one it's work fine, but Windows Update hang when install the first AxtivX it needed to continue the update process.When i use the Second one, Windows Update work fine, but some of my software, like Regshot, get confused and Crash. And maybe other software to, who know's . . Someone know what's the right choise ?Is it my software there is outdatet ?Best Regards Edited November 12, 2008 by Christine_ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo66 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 I make a new unattendet Xp (Sp3) cd and want to set all users Temp directory to \Windows\Temp so Admin simply can delete all users Temp files.I have try, in the Environment settings, to use variable settings because i dont want to lock the install Cd to install on C: drive, maybee i later want to install Xp on a D: drive . . .I have try this settings in my RegTweak:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"="%systemroot%\\Temp""TMP"="%systemroot%\\Temp"And[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"="%Temp%""TMP"="%Temp%"When i use the First one it's work fine, but Windows Update hang when install the first AxtivX it needed to continue the update process.When i use the Second one, Windows Update work fine, but some of my software, like Regshot, get confused and Crash. And maybe other software to, who know's . . Someone know what's the right choise ?Is it my software there is outdatet ?Best RegardsYou need to specify a REG_EXPAND_SZ data string instead of REG_SZ.Use the following:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\ 00,25,00,5c,00,54,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,00,00"TMP"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\ 25,00,5c,00,54,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,00,00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine_ts Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 (edited) I make a new unattendet Xp (Sp3) cd and want to set all users Temp directory to \Windows\Temp so Admin simply can delete all users Temp files.I have try, in the Environment settings, to use variable settings because i dont want to lock the install Cd to install on C: drive, maybee i later want to install Xp on a D: drive . . .I have try this settings in my RegTweak:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"="%systemroot%\\Temp""TMP"="%systemroot%\\Temp"And[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"="%Temp%""TMP"="%Temp%"When i use the First one it's work fine, but Windows Update hang when install the first AxtivX it needed to continue the update process.When i use the Second one, Windows Update work fine, but some of my software, like Regshot, get confused and Crash. And maybe other software to, who know's . . Someone know what's the right choise ?Is it my software there is outdatet ?Best RegardsYou need to specify a REG_EXPAND_SZ data string instead of REG_SZ.Use the following:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment]"TEMP"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,\ 00,25,00,5c,00,54,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,00,00"TMP"=hex(2):25,00,53,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,52,00,6f,00,6f,00,74,00,\ 25,00,5c,00,54,00,65,00,6d,00,70,00,00,00Thank you, that's it !Ten Point's to Mongo66 Edited November 12, 2008 by Christine_ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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