FrameMaker on e: scuppered by full c:

[FieryPantone]

So ... thoughtfully installed FrameMaker 9.0 on my E: drive because I knew the C: was filling up fast (it's a PC I inherited, with some rather strange partitioning). In the middle of finalising something important (of course), FM choked and died. Radically freeing space on C: restored FM to life, as I'd hoped – but left me wondering what FM needs the C: for, apart from the few fonts I use.  Advice and background information welcome!  N

[Michael_Müller-Hillebrand]

Niels,

using explorer goto to %temp%. You may see a lot of FRM*.tmp files. Theoretically you should be safe deleting all files in this folder. Some people found tens of thousands of files there, severely slowing their system down.

I use CCleaner every other week which includes an option to delete all temp files older than some hours.

- Michael

[Art Campbell]

c: is the default location for the OS and Frame's temporary files, files that are created during normal operation -- undos, generating printer files, and just regular operation. I suspect at any given time there are dozens of files open in connection with an operation that you never see. But if they can't be created, you're unable to work.

As a general rule, c: should always have 1/3 of the space free.

And given the low cost of large drives these days, there really isn't a good reason not to have large drives, unpartitiioned, in place on production machines.

When you get over your hump, look at installing another drive or two to create a large fast C: drive. You shouldn't have to do much reinstallation -- just move things around using Ghost or other low-level utilities.

Cheers,

Art

[Arnis Gubins]

Niels,

You can change the default the location for the TEMP and TMP system variables using the System Properties > Advanced tab, Environment Variables button.

[FieryPantone]

Thanks for all the information! I've started by cleaning out that well-hidden %temp% directory, and shall continue by installing an extra drive.

@Art - may I come back to you off-line for more information about "Ghost and low-level utilities"?