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genarog61114067
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January 27, 2017
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How do I set scratch disk location for ALL USERS in windows 7

  • January 27, 2017
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Hello, we are running Adobe CC 2017 on Windows 7 PCs here in our school.  Our PCs have the OS and all programs installed on a SSD drive and has an additional 500GB drive. our standard image takes up most of the space on the SSD drive so I would like to set the scratch drive by default to be the D drive.

I know how to do this per user but if that user logs off and another person logs on , the settings don't carry over.

Every person who logs on that PC would have to change it manually.  as you can tell that is too much.

is there a way to make the D drive the DEFAULT scratch drive for all users on the PC?  maybe a registry setting or something?

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Akash Sharma
Akash Sharma
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February 9, 2017

Hi Genarog,

You can change the assigned disk drive from Scratch disk preferences.Follow the steps below:-

  • Close Photoshop.
  • Hold down CTRL+ALT(PC) / CMD+OPTION(Mac) as soon as Photoshop starts to get this menu:
  • Select another disk with enough disk space.
  • Click OK

Let us know if that helps.

Thanks,

Akash

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genarog61114067Author
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February 9, 2017

I already know how to do that.  problem is that I work in a school.  if student A logs on and changes the scratch disk location to D:, it will work fin for that one user.  If Student B then logs on that same PC, the settings that Student A make didnt carry over.  Student B now has to the same steps to change the scratch disk location.

My question is is there a way to change the default scratch disk location FOR ALL USERS who log onto the PC?

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TVDT
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April 19, 2017

okay I looked at the link you sent me.  Virtually all of the settings save to 'Users/[user name]'  which would explain why settings that 'User A' dont carry over for 'User B'.

So I ask again, is there no way to set the dafault scratch disk location for ALL USERS?

is there a way to set it by a command line script I can run as a login script perhaps?


For Adobe CC the setting for the Photoshop scratch volume is stored here:

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015\Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 Settings\MachinePrefs.psp

For 2017 it should be the similar.

Probably you can overwrite this file on each login from a network share by a file with the correct settings.

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