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Mike
Mike

Reputation: 5998

Get SYSTEM temp folder?

I'm looking for something similar to this question. However, I am looking specifically to dynamically find the location of the system's temp folder (i.e. the temp folder used by services.)

Is this possible?

Thanks,

Upvotes: 2

Views: 12953

Answers (6)

Rashid Abzalov
Rashid Abzalov

Reputation: 89

The SYSTEM environment variables is stored in registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment

The environment variables for users is stored in registry keys: HKEY_USERS[user SID]\Environment

In order to get the value of any environment variable (in particular TEMP), need to check the presence of this variable in the branch for specified the user. If it is there, then you can use it. If it is not there, then you need to take a value from the system registry branch.

Upvotes: 1

d3bt3ch
d3bt3ch

Reputation: 409

Maybe this may be of some use: System.IO.Path.GetTempPath()

Upvotes: -1

Mike
Mike

Reputation: 5998

After researching a little into this, I believe there is no way to use environment variables to capture the location of another user's %TEMP% folder (in this case the System user).

Upvotes: 1

ChristianLinnell
ChristianLinnell

Reputation: 1398

Here you go (in VBS)

Set environmentVars = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Environment("Process")
tempFolder = environmentVars("TEMP")
msgbox(tempFolder)

I'm not sure if your system will have an environment variable called "TEMP", so go to the command line and type

set

You'll get a list of environment vars, and their values. Pick the one that has your temp folder in it.

Upvotes: 2

DRapp
DRapp

Reputation: 48139

In C#, its...

System.Collections.IDictionary Vars = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariables();

String TempPath = Vars["TEMP"];

You get an entire array of elements... Path, Temp, SessionName, PathExt, UserDomain, SystemDrive, WinDir, etc...

Upvotes: -1

IsmailS
IsmailS

Reputation: 10863

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set colEnvironment = objShell.Environment("PROCESS")
objPath = colEnvironment("temp")
WScript.Echo objPath

In that case

Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set colEnvironment = objShell.Environment("PROCESS")
objPath = colEnvironment("windir")
WScript.Echo objPath & "\temp"

hope this will help

Upvotes: 1

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