How do I set the Location for Photoshop temp files?

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October 20, 2014
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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?

Chris Cox

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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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DavePinMinnAuthor

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I agree, having read the manual, except........

I have my scratch disk set to the "q:" drive, which is definitely NOT the "c:" drive where the O/S and applications are, and I have photoshop temp files getting put on the scratch disk AND on the C: drive...

Thus, my question. So, if the temp files are still getting put on a disk that is NOT specified as a scratch disk, how DO I change where PS puts ALL the temp files? The ones on the scratch disk are large,

and the ones still getting created on the C: drive are small, but it would be nice if everything went to the scratch disk.

T

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Trevor,

Ok, wow. Fantastic. WinDirStat is a great starting point for me. I have relocated cache locations for MOST of my adobe applications, but not all - I will do that next. But first, I'm going to have some fun with WinDirStat and then look at your other suggetions from there. Thank you.

And also, I didn't notice this mentioned: there is the SYSTEM location for TEMP files (%TEMP%) which will be used by apps with no specific preference.