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General Category => Software => Topic started by: Anonymous on April 21, 2002, 09:47:12 PM

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: Anonymous on April 21, 2002, 09:47:12 PM

Things are running a crazy, small problems.
So I thought I would re-install Win98SE

When I try to re-install Win98SE over Win98SE, I keep getting and error.

Can\'t create a temp Dir, remove some programs to make space.

I have 1.5 gigs open on the c: drive and the WINDOWSTEMP folder is empty.

Thanks

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: rdc on April 22, 2002, 01:36:22 AM

If you have too many files in the root ditectory , you get  \"unable to create a temp directory\" .Delete all unnecessary files in the root directory and try again .
You must also have a temp dictory in the windows folder, but then I  see you have
TEMP=C:WINDOWSTEMP

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: rdc on April 22, 2002, 03:35:59 AM

The root directory is limited to a maximun number of objects (512, if I remember well) ( files and folders) ,if there are more , you cannot create a new one , so you can either delete the unnecessary ones or put some folders in one existing folder . I didn\'t know this was still the case in win 98 .

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: rdc on April 22, 2002, 03:44:20 AM

Further info from microsoft :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?...b;EN-US;q120138 (http://\"http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q120138\")

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: Anonymous on April 22, 2002, 06:19:41 PM

Thanks rdc

I\'m working on it and will let you no how I make out

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: Anonymous on April 22, 2002, 09:32:30 PM

I did a scan of c: drive and this is what I have.

I keep moving folders to other partitions and I keep getting the same error.


Thanks for your help

Lewis

6,637,896 KB total disk space
             0 bytes  in bad sectors

18,403,328 bytes in 4,105 folders

14,663,680 bytes in 80 hidden files

 4,787,876 KB in 43,913 user files

1,861,283,840 bytes available on disk

            4,096 bytes in each allocation unit

1,659,474 total allocation units on disk

   454,415 available allocation units

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: rdc on April 23, 2002, 01:22:28 AM

Have you allready tried to delete your temp folder in windows and make a new one (if you cannot delete it in windows , there\'s something wrong , you should then delete it in dos  and make a new temp folder . That\'s all I can think of for the moment , a corrupt temp folder
Good luck

Title: Can\'t create temp Dir
Post by: rdc on April 23, 2002, 01:54:37 AM

Your scan looks pretty normal .
You can try the following too :
Try to make a new directory in c:
f.e. c:new , If this does work it isn\'t the 512 object rule ,