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MrC:

--- Quote from: JimH on February 15, 2011, 05:59:06 pm ---I agree with Matt that a temp folder is just that.  Anything in it is fair game.  That's what it means.

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Sure, but there are two ways one may interpret "Program Files: Temporary files" :

  a) In which directory should MC place its temporary files?, or
  b) Which directory is safe for MC's *exclusive* use?

Certainly the setting hint should clarify this.

rick.ca:

--- Quote from: JimH on February 15, 2011, 05:59:06 pm ---I agree with Matt that a temp folder is just that.  Anything in it is fair game.  That's what it means.
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Perhaps it's unlikely, but doesn't this mean MC could delete files another application has not finished using? That doesn't make sense. Why not be safe and use a sub-folder?

JimH:

--- Quote from: rick.ca on February 15, 2011, 06:34:30 pm ---Perhaps it's unlikely, but doesn't this mean MC could delete files another application has not finished using? That doesn't make sense. Why not be safe and use a sub-folder?

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It's a temp folder.  File deletion is its destiny.  If there's a conflict, set up another one.

It's been this way a long time without any serious problems.

lepa:
Yes it was my bad,
I used shared temp folder with other some other SW and had files there that were not yet processed to their final locations (DVB recordings).

I just mentioned this because behaviour has been changed from MC15 and this temp file location was automatically inherited from my MC15 installation.

So before upgrading check the path in MC15 so you don't repeat my mistake.

Alex B:

--- Quote ---Create a sub folder within the specified temp folder, with a (relatively) safe MC-specific namespace.  Nothings says temp items must go in the base of the specified temp folder.
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This would be the correct way to handle the issue. MC should create a subfolder automatically if it really cannot restrict the deletions to its own temp files.

On my "HTPC" I have set the general Windows temp to "C:\Temp\". I have always set MC's temp to "C:\Temp\MC14\", "C:\Temp\MC15\", etc.

Until recently MC still stored most of the temp stuff under "application data", but this has been changed now. I reported a problem that happened on my laptop "client". Despite my customized temp location, the temporary video data was not saved in "D:\Temp\MC16\" and the C: drive run out of space.

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