DOCUMENT:Q146352  16-MAR-1999  [exchange]
TITLE   :XCLN: Invalid Temp Variable Causes Files to Appear on Desktop
PRODUCT :Microsoft Exchange
PROD/VER:4.00
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbusage

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, version 4.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are running the Microsoft Exchange client for Windows 95, files with
the an extension of .TMP appear on the desktop.

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

   set temp=c:\desktop

RESOLUTION
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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.


Additional query words: 4.0

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Keywords          : kbusage 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchangeClientSearch kbZNotKeyword kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbExchange400Win95
Version           : 4.00

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