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MrChristo
Inspiring
October 14, 2020
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Photoshop scratch disk location customization

  • October 14, 2020
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I just need some clarification... when selecting a scratch drive in photoshop's preferences, can you not choose a folder location (e.g. D:\ScratchFolder\)? Or is my only option to use the root directory? 

    Correct answer MrChristo

    Edits have been turned off so I'm ammending my solution here. 

    Choosing a custom location is not possible. A feature/feedback request has been submitted for photoshop if anyone else agrees and would like to upvote it: 
    https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/scratch-disk-location-customization/5f8899d76880ca6bc4264512 

     

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    Trazos_D
    Participant
    October 29, 2024

    I'm upvoting you pal. This nosense of folders and files (AITemp, PSAutoRecover, PS Temp123456789, etc) must stop. At least one subfolder ought to be eligible for traceability and peace of mind.

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    MrChristoAuthor
    Inspiring
    October 15, 2020

    I think the solution is a feature request. 

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    MrChristoAuthorCorrect answer
    Inspiring
    October 15, 2020

    Edits have been turned off so I'm ammending my solution here. 

    Choosing a custom location is not possible. A feature/feedback request has been submitted for photoshop if anyone else agrees and would like to upvote it: 
    https://feedback.photoshop.com/conversations/photoshop/scratch-disk-location-customization/5f8899d76880ca6bc4264512 

     

      Akash Sharma
      Akash Sharma
      Legend
      October 15, 2020

      Hi there,

       

      You cannot specify a folder or sub-folder to save scratch data for Photoshop. You can only choose a drive to set up as the scratch disk drive on your computer. 

       

      The main reason of not allocating a specific folder while setting up the scratch disk drive is because scratch files go into invisible OS-specified folders, except for non-boot volumes on Windows, at the root directory of the drive. When a non-boot drive is used as a scratch disk, the temporary files are placed in the drive’s root directory.

       

      For more details, see https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/kb/optimize-photoshop-cc-performance.html#scratch_disks

       

      Thanks,

      Akash

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      MrChristoAuthor
      Inspiring
      October 15, 2020

      Thats what I suspected.There are a couple problems with this. 

      I use a separate drive for both storage and scratch to keep the OS and file storage seperated (this allows me to deal with computer issues without having to worry about files). The storage drive gets backed up on the fly. I can exclude folders and file types by extension. This makes both of those options problematic. The file isn't in a folder and doesn't have an extention so I can't tell it to not back up if that drive is being monitored for file changes. I'd prefer it not get backed up all the time. Illustrator is a little easier to deal with as it creates it's own folder - but then doesn't clean up after itself on close adding to the clutter of my filing system. Selecting a scratch location for other programs within the adobe suite seems standard, why not here? 

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      Anonymous
      October 15, 2020

      You could create a partition on the D drive for the scratch disk

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