Well, the company that laid me off wanted their laptop back, so I have a new computer. It's running Windows ME, but I remember this problem from several years ago on Win95 and 98.

I'm trying to set the TEMP variable, and end up getting a string of "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" instead. I vaguely remember finding a fix for this, but I have no idea what it is or where I found it.

Anybody know?

Thanks.



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Cecil Hawkins
San Diego, CA
1971 GMC Sprint
The Project (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Cecils71Sprint1.jpg)
All I need is time...and some $$$ (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Cecils71Sprint2.jpg)
"Tourist, go home! And take someone with you!"

Try putting this line in the c:\autoexec.bat file.

set temp = c:\windows\temp

If you want the temp directory somewhere else just substitute c:\windows\temp with your location. Don't use a directory name with over 8 characters as this may confuse a DOS or 16-bit app.

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* Jim North *
* 71 Chevelle ragtop *
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Been there, done that. My AUTOEXEC.BAT file contains both TMP and TEMP set commands, both pointing to C:\WINDOWS\TEMP, as do both entries in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Contro l\SessionManager\Environment. I have an app that fails when I try to install it, failing to find TEMP variable. When I pop up a DOS window, and do a SET command, it shows all of them except TEMP, and a string of "xxxxxxxxxxxxx". But, I can then do a SET TEMP=c:\windows\temp command, then SET shows up including this entry!

So, what's up with this?

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Cecil Hawkins
San Diego, CA
1971 GMC Sprint
The Project (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Cecils71Sprint1.jpg)
All I need is time...and some $$$ (http://www.chevelles.com/showroom/Cecils71Sprint2.jpg)
"Tourist, go home! And take someone with you!"