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Press Windows key + X.
Click on the System. Click on Advanced system settings on the right hand side.
Click on the button near the bottom labeled Environment Variables.
You may see both TMP and TEMP listed in the section labeled User variables for (account). That's the common location; each different login account is assigned its own temporary location.
In the Variable value Edit box, you may specify the path to the directory that Windows and many other programs will use for temporary files.


Edge doesn't use the TMP and TEMP folders.
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have you tried ccleaner? it cleans all edge folders for you then, if it can't move it, no idea then :(
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I don't want to clean the cache (in fact Edge does have an option to clean browsing data). I want to change the location of where it's stored. In IE it's so simple...
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well that's the only info i could find searching for it, everywhere else says it can't be done :(
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[:@][:@]Spent all day yesterday downloading and installing. Installation ran for about 4 hours... ridiculously slow. Finally completed and I could see why... no internet connection, wouldn't even recognize my graphics card (using some Microsoft Basic controller with 1024 x 768 resolution), Wouldn't recognize my Canon MX922 printer. Not a driver issue... Device Manager doesn't see these.

Not sure why it won't connect to my satellite modem, tried everything. Right now I'm only on by tethering my cell phone.

Using Edge browser because Firefox, Opera, and Chrome all crash and refuse to load!

Can't find Window's Office 97 at all, but clicking on an old Excel or Word document somehow loads in "Compatibility Mode". I'll have to go find an old PowerPoint and Access doc to load those. I did set up a taskbar icon so I can start them. Is this some kind of Microsoft forcing me to buy a new copy of "Office" or use their cloud product? I don't use the "cloud" because of my data cap... cloud backup and Steam apps that I can download to any device as needed is totally useless to me.

Very frustrated and pissed off at the moment. I ran the preinstall diagnostic that said everything was fine, no problems with Win 10.. and now look!

Going to swap out the graphics card for something newer from a different PC and try that. Games unplayable with the screen resolution forced the way it is.

Haven't tried doing a reinstall of the Canon printer yet. Also haven't tried doing a reinstallation of Windows Office 97 to see if that shows up in the apps listing then.

Argh... done venting for now. [:@]
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Sorry to hear about your frustrations, I have office 2003 that loaded with the update. But it is no longer supported by Microsoft. Yes, they only work in compatibility mode. I was able to create shortcuts for WORD, POWERPOINT,EXCEL, on my desktop. OUTLOOK, however I was only able to put on a task bar below.
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The first thing I noticed when I installed Win10 was the need to upgrade my graphics drivers to get a full screen image.
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I don't care for Edge (went back to Chrome), and my Microsoft Money stopped working! Other than that, I like it...

If you search for Money's error message, you can come up with a simple fix. It involves going into the registry and tweaking a numeric value. Money started right up for me after that.

I was up and running after 45 minutes or so. Everything runs fine. I upgraded my graphics driver to a 10 compatible one last week.

Here's the Money fix:

Money Fix
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I don't care for Edge (went back to Chrome), and my Microsoft Money stopped working! Other than that, I like it...

If you search for Money's error message, you can come up with a simple fix. It involves going into the registry and tweaking a numeric value. Money started right up for me after that.

I was up and running after 45 minutes or so. Everything runs fine. I upgraded my graphics driver to a 10 compatible one last week.

Here's the Money fix:

Money Fix

Thanks for the link. I'll give it a try!
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Brother! 8 days into the new Windows 10 and already got an update today.
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Microsoft Delivers Windows 10 SR1, a week after release at about 325 MB Cumulative Update for Windows 10 (KB3081424)
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[:@][:@]Spent all day yesterday downloading and installing. Installation ran for about 4 hours... ridiculously slow. Finally completed and I could see why... no internet connection, wouldn't even recognize my graphics card (using some Microsoft Basic controller with 1024 x 768 resolution), Wouldn't recognize my Canon MX922 printer. Not a driver issue... Device Manager doesn't see these.

Not sure why it won't connect to my satellite modem, tried everything. Right now I'm only on by tethering my cell phone.

Using Edge browser because Firefox, Opera, and Chrome all crash and refuse to load!

Can't find Window's Office 97 at all, but clicking on an old Excel or Word document somehow loads in "Compatibility Mode". I'll have to go find an old PowerPoint and Access doc to load those. I did set up a taskbar icon so I can start them. Is this some kind of Microsoft forcing me to buy a new copy of "Office" or use their cloud product? I don't use the "cloud" because of my data cap... cloud backup and Steam apps that I can download to any device as needed is totally useless to me.

Very frustrated and pissed off at the moment. I ran the preinstall diagnostic that said everything was fine, no problems with Win 10.. and now look!

Going to swap out the graphics card for something newer from a different PC and try that. Games unplayable with the screen resolution forced the way it is.

Haven't tried doing a reinstall of the Canon printer yet. Also haven't tried doing a reinstallation of Windows Office 97 to see if that shows up in the apps listing then.

Argh... done venting for now. [:@]


Update (and kind of a retraction)

I got online by tethering my cell phone which allowed my copy to be registered (automatically done it seems).

Then I suddenly realized that my old ATI 4050 graphics card was now recognized and I had all my display options back! Not my doing... it just happened.

Then I suddenly found my Canon MX922 printer was now recognized and working properly! Again, not my doing.

Then this morning I booted up and my Satellite connection is back and running... again, not my doing.

I also noticed changes in the interface this morning. Apparently from that update that was downloading last night when I found "Windows Update" in the new interface. Noticed drivers for my graphics card had also been downloaded.

I would say this is pretty cool if Win 10 is smart enough to continue to work in the background to resolve problems!

Or, if I was really paranoid, this was a direct human tech intervention by Microsoft taking over my computer and working in the background to resolve the problems after they received my blistering feedback on how my installation went [:D] That level of "service" would be both amazing and creepy at the same time!

Anyway, things are much better now [:)]
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It's not this one,is it?

http://www.komando.com/happening-now/31 ... le_1-title

no it's not[;)]
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Microsoft is really pumping out the updates! I must have installed at least a half dozen in the past 24 hours.
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So far only one update for me. Am I missing something or does that have something to do with your specific computer needs?
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I've only had one upgrade?
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Not unusual in the least. Software these days is continuously being updated. I'm thankful that it is that way. Bug fixes and enhancements on a regular basis is good. So far I'm finding Windows 10 to be the best Windows OS yet.
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Brother! 8 days into the new Windows 10 and already got an update today.
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I would like to install WIN 10...are any games NOT working with it that anyone knows about?
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baloo7777
How well does your system run at the moment? Do you mind spyware? No need to fix something that isnt broken.
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