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DavePinMinn
Inspiring
October 20, 2014
Question

How do I set the Location for Photoshop temp files?

  • October 20, 2014
  • 2 replies
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Windows 7, PS 2014...

When using Photoshop, I get files on the system drive that start with Photoshop Temp then a string of numbers.  I'd rather not have PS putting these on the SSD.  How do I specify where PS will put them?  It appears NOT to be the scratch disk since that's set to a different drive.  It appears not to be an environment variable since I don't appear to have ANYTHING that points to c:\.  I read a number of posts on the Internet that ask this question, but didn't see anything that specified how to move these things.

So, how do I tell PS to dump these where I want?

    2 replies

    Chris Cox
    Chris Cox
    Legend
    October 29, 2014

    Just specify the scratch volumes in Photoshop's preferences.  There aren't going to be many answers repeated online for something that's already in the manual and online help.

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    frankw3126212
    Participant
    February 18, 2022

    he already said it's not the scratch files, they are stored elsewhere.  i have the same problem. 

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    DavePinMinnAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 21, 2014

    Is this perhaps why I can find lots of bits on the Internet asking how to make the temp files go somewhere else, but no answers?

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      DavePinMinnAuthor
      Inspiring
      October 29, 2014

      Uh, ok, apparently back to the Internet to look for an answer.

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