Temp Folder Full? Vista Addons and Applications Discuss Temp Folder Full? in the Windows Vista forums; Hi all this my first post here. I am running vista ultimate on my lenovo/ibm x41 tablet and i attempted to install Adobe Acrobat 8 pro and failed. after ...

[mikb261]

Hi all this my first post here.

I am running vista ultimate on my lenovo/ibm x41 tablet and i attempted to install Adobe Acrobat 8 pro and failed. after taking several minutes to do something i select a few option such the language and then it appears to begin the installation process. but soon an error message comes up saying something about the temp folder being full and needed to be emptied or something.

I am not sure what this means. Any ideas on what it means and how to fix it so I can install AA8?

Thanks,

[Snuffy]

exactly what it said... your temp storage file is FULL.... please delete it.
have you ever used.. start -> all programs -> accessories -> system tools -> disk cleanup

[felix8406]

As Snuffy said, run the Disk Cleanup utility to delete some of the files. Others may have to be deleted manually: Right click Start Button > Select Explorer > Go to Windows Folder > Double Click the Temp Folder

You can prevent cluttering your Temp file by creating a Desktop Folder. Give the folder a name, e.g. My Temp Files. Whenever you installed an application that provides and option on where to install the Temp Files, point the application to that folder. Once the application is installed, you can delete all Temp Files, including Setup files. This provides you better control than using the Windows Temp Folder.

Another option would be to create a Shortcut of the Temp Folder on your Desktop.

[mikb261]

Snuffy and felix8406,

I want to apologize if my questions seem like the answers should be obvious to me but I have never experienced this problem when installing software.

I used both methods you two suggested but when I went to install the software again it still gave me the same error message. The problem must be what the second half of the error message states.

The whole error message reads: "The Temp Folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify that you have write permission on the the Temp Folder."

How do I see if I have "write permission on the Temp Folder?" I do not see why I would not have "write permission" since I am the only user on this computer and the administrator.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help,

[Snuffy]

The whole error message reads: "The Temp Folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify that you have write permission on the the Temp Folder."

Where is your temp folder located? If on a different drive than C:\ use diskcleanup on all the Drives the small arrow will change drives for you or open My Computer to show all drives right click ea drive. show properties and click disk clean and clean for all USERS...
also check and see how much FREE space you have on C:\ ?????
it simply might be FULL... and Adobe is a HOG for space

[Znod]

Originally Posted by mikb261

Snuffy and felix8406,

I want to apologize if my questions seem like the answers should be obvious to me but I have never experienced this problem when installing software.

I used both methods you two suggested but when I went to install the software again it still gave me the same error message. The problem must be what the second half of the error message states.

The whole error message reads: "The Temp Folder is on a drive that is full or is inaccessible. Free up space on the drive or verify that you have write permission on the the Temp Folder."

How do I see if I have "write permission on the Temp Folder?" I do not see why I would not have "write permission" since I am the only user on this computer and the administrator.

Any ideas?

Thanks for your help,

Welcome mik:

I think that all you need to do is to turn User Access Control (UAC) off, install, and then turn UAC back on--assuming, of course, you are using UAC.

[Snuffy]

I use UAC, have never turned it off ... and can clean my TEMP file and lots of other files any time by using disk cleanup ... I have never been ask for permission, nor have I given permission, it does ask My Files or All Files, and to permanently delete or send to Recycle bin.
I use Computer, right click which disk, properties, click disk cleanup, clean all files, permanent delete an if i have used any other drives I do the same for ea drive....... you can also write a bat file to click and clean ea disk in sequence.

[mikb261]

Hi,

I only have the one drive, the C drive. I have an external harddrive but that has nothing to do with this. My c drive has 20.4 gigs of free space. I have not played around at all with my temp folder so it is where ever vista put it. I ran disk clean up that didnt help. I have also had UAC turned off the entire time. Oh yeah, my Temp folder is completely empty. It reads as containing 0kb.

All of the above considered AA8 still encounters the same problem. I am at a complete loss.

Thanks for the suggestions,

[basketf3]

I had the same issue with an earlier install of Vista. I'm not sure what the exact problem, but the way I got around it is to start the install process. When the first screens come up, go to My Computer, C, Users (or Documents and Settings), userid, Appdata, Local, Temp (or wherever your temp directory location is set to).

In that folder you should see the Adobe installation files extracted from the initial install exe. Copy those files to a new folder on the C drive.

Cancel the running install, and then go to the new location and run the setup from there. It will run without any problems.

This drove me crazy until I did it this way. Hope this helps.

[mikb261]

Originally Posted by basketf3

I had the same issue with an earlier install of Vista. I'm not sure what the exact problem, but the way I got around it is to start the install process. When the first screens come up, go to My Computer, C, Users (or Documents and Settings), userid, Appdata, Local, Temp (or wherever your temp directory location is set to).

In that folder you should see the Adobe installation files extracted from the initial install exe. Copy those files to a new folder on the C drive.

Cancel the running install, and then go to the new location and run the setup from there. It will run without any problems.

This drove me crazy until I did it this way. Hope this helps.

Basketf3,

Thank You So Much!! It finally worked. I did exactly what you said and it worked!

I am just curious as to what gave you the idea to try this method when you were installing a program on your os?

Anyways thanks again,