temp folder in c:\users

theterrier said:

Hi I have recently noticed that in my c:users folder I have a folder called TEMP, I am certain that it wasn't there before and it is modified every time I boot up the computer. When I look inti this folder there isn't anything in there. Is it normal to have this folder?

No....c:\users\username\temp is NOT a normal location for a temp folder. I would not hesitate to delete it.

The OP asked about a very specific location and the responses have gone all around the world and not answered the question.

MacGyvr said:

theterrier said:

Hi I have recently noticed that in my c:users folder I have a folder called TEMP, I am certain that it wasn't there before and it is modified every time I boot up the computer. When I look inti this folder there isn't anything in there. Is it normal to have this folder?

No....c:\users\username\temp is NOT a normal location for a temp folder. I would not hesitate to delete it.

The OP asked about a very specific location and the responses have gone all around the world and not answered the question.

Exactly thank you I do believe that it is not a normal place that's what I have been asking why hsa it suddenly turned up there.

theterrier said:

I dont know how to check my environmental variables.

Please look into my first post in this thread, where I explained to you how to do that.

unifex said:

theterrier, did you look at your environmental variables? Where do you have your user and system temporary files?

Also, your posts are somewhat confusing: you wrote in the first post that this folder is empty, but then you say that when you try to delete it, then the file NTUser.dat cannot be deleted. So is the folder empty or not?

they say TEMP %userprofile%\appdata\local\temp and TMP %userprofile%\appdata\local\temp

which is right yeah

theterrier said:

MacGyvr said:

theterrier said:

Hi I have recently noticed that in my c:users folder I have a folder called TEMP, I am certain that it wasn't there before and it is modified every time I boot up the computer. When I look inti this folder there isn't anything in there. Is it normal to have this folder?

No....c:\users\username\temp is NOT a normal location for a temp folder. I would not hesitate to delete it.

The OP asked about a very specific location and the responses have gone all around the world and not answered the question.

Exactly thank you I do believe that it is not a normal place that's what I have been asking why hsa it suddenly turned up there.

Don't worry about why at the moment...delete it and see if it comes back, then you may be able to identify what creates it.

MacGyvr said:

theterrier said:

MacGyvr said:

No....c:\users\username\temp is NOT a normal location for a temp folder. I would not hesitate to delete it.

The OP asked about a very specific location and the responses have gone all around the world and not answered the question.

Exactly thank you I do believe that it is not a normal place that's what I have been asking why hsa it suddenly turned up there.

Don't worry about why at the moment...delete it and see if it comes back, then you may be able to identify what creates it.

It is created if I use windows media centre, or adobe reader haven't tried anything else but I suspect any program will recreate it.
I was just concerned when Josh suggested that there was something wrong with the user profile service.

Yes, if multiple programs are creating and using it, something is wrong.

Create a new temporary user profile and test to see if the same thing happens with it. If not, then you can create a new one for yourself and use Windows Easy Transfer to migrate to it. If it still happens with a new profile, then I would suggest a full reinstall.