XCLN: Invalid Temp Variable Causes Files to Appear on Desktop

 Last reviewed: March 20, 1997
Article ID: Q146352
4.00 WINDOWS 95 kbusage

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Exchange Windows 95 client, version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When you are running the Microsoft Exchange client for Windows 95, files with the an extension of .TMP appear on the desktop.

CAUSE

This is caused by an invalid environment variable pointing to the desktop directory. For example: 

   set temp=c:\desktop

RESOLUTION

Set the temp variable to a valid location in the Autoexec.bat file. Add the following lines to this file: 

   Set Temp=[drive]:\%windir%\Temp
   Set Tmp=[drive]:\%windir%\Temp
where drive is the drive letter where Windows 95 is installed and %windir% is the name of the Windows 95 directory. Make sure that the Temp directory exists in the %windir% tree.

KBCategory: kbusage
KBSubcategory: XCLN
Additional reference words: 4.0
Keywords : kbusage XCLN kbusage
Version : 4.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: March 20, 1997
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