Go to Properties of My Computer.   You can do this by right clicking on the
My Computer icon on the desktop.  The System Properties box will come up
whereby you may click the tab called "Performance."

Click the Virtual Memory button  and choose the "Let Me Specify My Own
Virtual Memory.

I wouldn't recommend specifying a network drive (I'm not sure that you can
anyway.) You will need to specify a physical drive or partition on your
computer.

I might also add this:  if you specify your swap file to be placed on
another hard drive or partition, you can virtually drag and drop your entire
boot drive to a new hard drive later on if you upgrade.  It's kinda'
convenient; although, we technicians would rather not have the general
public see it done so easily.   hee hee....

--gary r. tennesen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "BRIs Custom Computers" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2001 8:22 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Changing Windows Temporary Folder Location


Hello,

I'm trying to install a game demo.  A message comes up saying that I need to
free up 90 megs of space from drive C just so that the installation files
can extract (not install).  Its not an option for me to free the space up.
I need to be able to tell Windows to use a different drive as the Temp
drive/folder but don't know how to change the location.

How can I change windows 98's default temp folder location so it will use
one of my other drive's space to extract files by default?  Is it in the
registry settings somewhere?

I'm running Windows 98 1st Ed & have the swap file set to use drive H.

Thanks for your help,

Brian Burggraff

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